CENTRE WELLINGTON – The search for a male suspect around Belwood Lake on Thursday was not successful but police arrested the man later that night at a nearby property.
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Police beat: Assault charge
WELLINGTON NORTH – On March 30 at about 11:15pm, Wellington County OPP responded to a disturbance at a residence here.
County hopes to find permanent funding for IMPACT team
GUELPH – County of Wellington officials are seeking funding to extend the local Integrated Mobile Police and Crisis Team (IMPACT).
Centre Wellington man, 18, charged with sexual assault of minor
CENTRE WELLINGTON – A local man is charged with assault and sexual assault of a minor following what police are calling a "family dispute" here. Wellington County OPP officials say officers were called to the dispute on March 31 at about 7:30pm.
Mount Forest woman charged in stabbing
MOUNT FOREST – A local woman has been charged in connection with a stabbing here last week that left one person with serious, non-life-threatening injuries.
Guelph resident sent to hospital after ‘barricaded person’ call: OPP
ARISS – A Guelph resident was taken to hospital with minor injuries, but so far no one has been charged after a person barricaded themself in a home here for about seven hours.
Senior charged with careless driving in October crash
GUELPH/ERAMOSA – A Rockwood senior has been charged with careless driving causing bodily harm in connection with a serious two-vehicle crash here last fall.
Two charged in separate ‘partner violence’ incidents
MAPLETON – On April 1, Wellington County OPP officers responded to an address in Mapleton and initiated an intimate partner violence investigation.
London man accused in sexual assaults between 1993 and 2005
WELLINGTON COUNTY – A London man has been charged with sexual assault in connection with several incidents many years ago. Police say the victim reported the assaults took place in Guelph and Wellington County County between 1993 and 2005.
Police issue public safety alert following opiate overdoses
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Police are issuing a public safety alert following three opiate overdoses in the county this past weekend. "Thankfully, in each instance, naloxone was successfully administered and none of the overdoses were fatal," police stated in an April 2 press release.
Boy, 14, faces 17 charges involving sexual assault, child porn
WELLINGTON COUNTY – A local 14-year-old boy faces 17 sex assault and child pornography charges involving multiple victims over a 10-month period last year.
Police beat: Careless driving
CENTRE WELLINGTON – On March 12 at about 10am, Wellington County OPP responded to a single-vehicle collision on 2nd Line near Wellington Road 18 here.
Vehicle crashes through front entrance of Erin business
ERIN – Police are asking for information to help piece together what happened after a vehicle drove through the front entrance of the Farm to Paw Boutique and Market here on Tuesday.
SIU finds no wrongdoing by OPP in death of Kenilworth man
MISSISSAUGA – The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has completed its investigation into police involvement connected to the death of a 47-year-old Kenilworth man late last year.
SIU investigating single-vehicle crash overnight in Centre Wellington
CENTRE WELLINGTON – The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating the circumstances surrounding a single-vehicle crash that left a man with serious injuries.