London Free Press
Ontario’s police watchdog has closed its investigation into a collision involving a cruiser and a snowplow that injured two snowmobilers north of Wingham three months ago. Ontario Provincial Police in Huron County shut down the southbound lanes of London Road during a winter storm on Feb. 17. An officer had pulled over and activated the […]
London Free Press
A person riding an e-bike who was injured in a crash near Stratford has died, provincial police say. The rider lost control and crashed on Perth Line 42 in Perth East about 10 p.m. May 15, Perth OPP said. Perth East is a township of about 13,000 north of Stratford. A 30-year-old Perth East resident […]
London Free Press
A senior London police officer is facing charges after a three-month investigation into allegations related to an incident in Ottawa on the Family Day long weekend. Insp. Ryan Scrivens, 48, has been suspended with pay since February. On Wednesday, London police said Scrivens has been charged with assault causing bodily harm and assault. “The community […]
London Free Press
Investigators are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a woman on a walking trail in northeast London, city police say. The woman was walking in a wooded area west of Edgevalley Road between 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Wednesday when a man walking behind her assaulted and sexually assaulted her, police said. The woman, […]
Kincardine News
A recent search warrant executed in Kincardine resulted in the recovery of stolen property, including an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and snowmobile, according to police. On May 2, members of the Grey Bruce Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), Huron Perth CSCU, OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), OPP Canine, and the South Bruce Crime Unit, executed a […]
London Free Press
London police will receive $150,000 from the Ontario government to support victims of crime and improve the reporting of hate-motivated incidents, local MPP Rob Flack has announced. The funding, part of a broader provincial plan, will be also be used to establish a “dedicated hate-incident reporting platform,” according to a statement from Flack, MPP for […]
London Free Press
A 31-year-old man charged recently with sexual assault faces additional charges after a boy was sexually assaulted in a washroom in west London. The school-age boy went to a public washroom in a building on Hyde Park Road near Sarnia Road on Friday, May 2 around 9:30 p.m. A man not known to the boy […]