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Three people have been arrested after a driver fled OPP from a traffic stop. On the morning of April 17th, 2021, Leeds County OPP officers witnessed a vehicle in transit without a read license plate. Police say after a brief traffic stop, the driver fled the area with the occupants
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The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say they received numerous calls over the weekend from members of the public requesting information and “what if” questions regarding the changes to the Stay-at-Home Order and Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA). The OPP is asking the public to please utilize the appropriate
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The Lennox and Addington detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police charged a trio of impaired drivers from March 19 to 27, 2021. Impaired driver passes through R.I.D.E. program A Greater Napanee man has been charged with impaired driving. During a R.I.D.E Program on Friday, Mar. 19, 2021, on County Road
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Two Toronto-area men are facing a slew of charges after a traffic stop on Highway 401 near Napanee Friday, Mar. 19, 2021. “The officer noted a vehicle travelling at an unusually slow speed,” the OPP said in a press release. Once the vehicle was pulled over, police observed that the
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Lennox and Addington OPP have charged three people with impaired driving during three separate incidents over the last week. On Saturday, Mar 13, 2021, officers approached a vehicle stopped on Highway 33 (Bath Road) near Coronation Boulevard that was blocking the road. “Police arrived on scene and determined that the
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Lennox and Addington County OPP have charged a Toronto man with six separate counts, after he was stopped on the Eastbound highway 401 near Napanee on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. According to an OPP press release from the same day, Police say their officers observed a vehicle with a heavily-tinted
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UPDATE (Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2021): Charges have been laid against a Northumberland County resident following an assault on an officer which occurred on Sunday, Mar. 21, 2021. Shortly before 1 a.m., on the above date, an officer from the Quinte West Detachment had conducted a traffic stop of a pick-up
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OPP say that a 19-year-old person was arrested in a stolen pickup truck this afternoon after allegedly driving dangerously on Highway 401 in Loyalist Township, Ontario. At approximately 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 19, 2021, police received a report from a motorist about a pickup truck driving aggressively and erratically
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The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Joint Forces Penitentiary Squad, under direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, have charged a Kingston resident in connection with an alleged theft at the Collins Bay Institution in Kingston. OPP say that on Dec. 4, 2020 the Penitentiary Squad, in conjunction with the Correctional
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An investigation undertaken by members of both the Tyendinaga Police Service (TPS) and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) has culminated in the execution of two search warrants and the seizure of a quantity of illegal firearms, drugs and other items. In the early morning hours
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The Special Investigations Unit (SIU), an investigative body that steps in when police are involved in an incident where someone has been seriously injured, dies or alleges sexual assault, is investigating an incident in which a 16-year-old Stone Mills resident suffered a serious injury. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say that
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Update (Friday, Dec. 4, 2020): On Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, the OPP released information regarding further charges laid in connection with an incident involving a firearm in Bath shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Bradley Ryan Smith, age 27, of Loyalist Township has now been charged under
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