Crime

OPP dealing with people trying to hide plates, uninsured vehicles over holiday weekend

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region have been busy this holiday season, reporting impaired driving, stunt driving, uninsured vehicles and more. Police are also noting they are catching repeat...

Four children, 6 adults sent to hospital after car left in garage to warm up

On Sunday 10 people were sent to hospital after carbon monoxide seeped into a row of townhouses. According to posts on X from officials, fire, paramedics and police officers responded to the 200 block...
Man arrested for filming in public washroom; more victims possible

Police have charged a man for filming in a women's washroom in the 1-100 block of Elgin Street. According to a press release, the man was taking videos of women in a business' washroom during the evening...
Small town resident facing 'lengthy' list of charges like assault, harassment

One person is facing a laundry list of charges from Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). Officers from the Leeds and Frontenac detachment responded to reports of a stolen vehicle at an address on Main Street...
Jury finds Abdirahman Abdi's death a homicide; makes recommendations

The jury at a coroner's inquest has deemed the 2016 death of an Ottawa man after his violent arrest a homicide, as it made more than 50 recommendations Tuesday aimed at preventing similar deaths in the...
Charges laid after staff breached patient privacy at three Ontario hospitals

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) laid charges against three people in separate privacy investigations across the province. In a press release dated Dec. 19, police wrote that the investigations took...
Suspended driver caught going 70 km/h over speed limit in school zone

The Ottawa Police Service's (OPS) traffic unit continues to catch "lead-footed" drivers in the nation's capital. The latest incident happened Dec. 18 just after 11:00 a.m. near a school in the Carlington...
Man goes unconscious in OPP holding cell; SIU investigating

A person was transported to hospital after going unconscious in the holding cell of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment in Long Sault, south of the nation's capital along the Seaway. On...
Police out in full holiday swing with community events and fundraisers

Officers across the east region are out in full force with multiple holiday events and fundraisers this month. Over the weekend Upper Ottawa Valley Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) held its annual Stuff...
Ottawa police lay second-degree murder charge in historic 1996 case

A Vancouver man was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection to the historical stabbing death of Christopher Smith. In the early hours of April 12, 1996, Smith was stabbed in an...