WELLINGTON COUNTY – Local police continue to lay intimate partner violence charges across the county.
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SIU investigating incident involving Wellington County OPP
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating after a person arrested by local police reported an injury while in custody.
Abandoned building collapses in Elora
ELORA – Centre Wellington deputy fire chief Jonathan Karn told the Advertiser a building adjacent to the Gorge Cinema collapsed, likely due to the weight of snow.
Guelph high school closed on Monday due to bomb threat
GUELPH – A Guelph teenager has been charged in connection with a bomb threat that closed John F. Ross high school on Monday. Upper Grand District School Board officials say they notified police about an emailed threat shortly after 6am on Feb. 24.
Local man charged, $85,000 in drugs seized in Fergus bust
FERGUS – A local man is facing charges after police seized about $85,000 in ecstasy and other property during a drug bust in Fergus this week.
Police beat: Man arrested after girls taken to hotel for sex
GUELPH – A Toronto man has been charged with luring and sexual assault after two Guelph teens reported he took them to a local hotel overnight.
Portion of Highway 6 closed after vehicle, horse-drawn buggy collide
WELLINGTON NORTH – Wellington County OPP officials say emergency crews were called to the two-vehicle collision, just south of Mount Forest, before noon on Feb. 18.
Cable theft leaves 200 people without phone/internet service
ERIN – Wellington County OPP officials say that on Feb. 11 just after 1pm someone "cut down and stole three copper cables and one fibre cable" from a pole on Wellington Road 22 near Hillsburgh.
Police beat: Arthur man charged in recent prowling incident
WELLINGTON NORTH – An Arthur man has been charged after several residents reported a prowler here last weekend.
Charges in bus collision that left Fergus man dead
GUELPH – A Cambridge woman has been arrested and charged after a Fergus man died when he was struck by a Guelph Transit bus last month.
Police beat: Centre Wellington resident faces gun, assault charges
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Police have charged a local resident with assault and possession of a gun following an incident here last week.
Man tried to get child in car
GUELPH – Police are investigating after a man tried to get a child into his vehicle last weekend.
Students cautioned over AI-generated nude images
GUELPH – Two Guelph high school students were educated about child pornography offences last month after they were found to have used an artificial intelligence program to create nude images of several classmates.
Crime Stoppers releases 2024 statistics
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Crime Stoppers Guelph Wellington (CSGW) officials say there were 668 tips provided to the program in 2024, either through its toll-free number (1-800-222-TIPS) or its website (csgw.tips).
Police searching for armed home invasion suspects
MORRISTON – Police have recovered a gun and arrested one person, and are searching for additional armed suspects following a home invasion in Morriston on Friday.