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Ontario Provincial Police say charges have been laid against a 29-year member of the force following a lengthy internal investigation. Police said an investigation by their Professional Standards Bureau and West Region Crime Unit began on June 5 following allegations of “wrongdoing” by one of their ...

OPP sergeant charged with obstruction of justice and breach of trust GUELPH, Ont. — Provincial police say an officer who has been with the force for 29 years is facing charges. OPP says an investigation into alleged wrongdoing by an officer began on June 5. They say Sgt. Shawn Jones, currently serv...

The Ontario Provincial Police say one of their officers has been charged with two offences under the Criminal Code. The Ontario Provincial Police Professional Standards Bureau, with the assistance of the West region OPP Crime Unit, began an investigation on June 5 following allegations of wrongdoing...

Father and son journalists disappointed by unexpected delay in their trial New information submitted by the Crown forced an adjournment in the case One of two Aylmer journalists charged with obstructing police following a dramatic car crash near Port Bruce, Ontario a year ago says he and his father...

Father and son journalists disappointed by unexpected delay in their trial New information submitted by the Crown forced an adjournment in the case One of two Aylmer journalists charged with obstructing police following a dramatic car crash near Port Bruce, Ontario a year ago says he and his father...

Surprise disclosure delays journalists' trial on police obstruction charges ST. THOMAS – For a whole year, police obstruction charges have hung like a Lake Erie storm cloud over the Aylmer Express. And, for a whole year, the OPP and the Elgin County Crown attorney had time to disclose to the defenc...

ST. THOMAS – For a whole year, police obstruction charges have hung like a Lake Erie storm cloud over the Aylmer Express. And, for a whole year, the OPP and the Elgin County Crown attorney had time to disclose to the defence the materials on which they were relying in their case against the small-to...

Journalist group condemns charges against father-son newspaper duo 'I'm still shocked' says father after pair charged while covering fatal crash Two journalists go on trial in St. Thomas, Ont., today in a case that will be watched closely by journalists across the country. John Hueston, 67, the pub...

An off-duty Ontario Provincial Police officer faces traffic charges after he allegedly rammed his police cruiser into a vehicle towing a boat on County Road 46 in Elizabethtown-Kitley Township. At 7:30 p.m. on Monday, a driver collided an unmarked police car with the vehicle that had slowed ahead of...

LYN – A Leeds County O.P.P. officer – less than a year on the local force – has been ticketed after a rear-end crash on County Road 46. Provincial police say an O.P.P. cruiser struck the backside of a boat being towed by a vehicle as it was slowing down to make a turn off the county road, northwest ...

Journalists nationwide rally to support local OPP-arrested reporters “It's a problem for expression, it's a problem for journalism, it's a problem for the public interest and the public's right to know,” said CAJ President Karyn Pugliese. The criminal charges against two local small-town journalist...

WAWA - An on-duty uniform member from the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police has been charged after a collision that occurred at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 8, 2018 on Highway 17 in the Township of Alanen, District of Algoma. The officer was travelling in the southbound lane of ...

A Leeds County OPP officer, who stole drugs and money from suspects, including $10,000 he stashed in the rafters of his Maitland home, will be sentenced Sept. 27. George Duke, who pleaded guilty to six theft, drug and firearms charges last January, was contrite and apologetic when he appeared at his...

A former OPP constable who recently pleaded guilty to two sex charges involving underage girls testified during his sentencing hearing Thursday that a police officer regularly sexually abused him while he was a youth. John Paul Stone, a 56-year-old Listowel resident who spent five years with the OPP...

The sentencing hearing for John Paul Stone hit a snag when it resumed Tuesday morning when a witness who was supposed to return for cross-examination went missing. The sentencing hearing for John Paul Stone hit a snag when it resumed Tuesday morning when a witness who was supposed to return for cros...