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A Windsor man is facing ten charges after string of incidents which started in Grand Bend and led back to his hometown. Just after 9 pm Saturday, Lambton OPP tried to stop a vehicle on Main Street in Grand Bend for a Highway Traffic Act violation, but it fled the area. A short time later, the same vehicle had a

Lambton OPP say a threatening image drawn on a wall prompted a police presence at Sir John Moore Community School. Tuesday, OPP were called to the Corunna school after an alleged threatening messaging. Police now say it was drawn on a school wall. OPP investigated and found there was no immediate threat to student or staff safety the Lambton-Kent District

There is a police presence at Sir John Moore Community School. Lambton OPP were called to the Corunna school after an alleged threatening messaging. OPP investigated and found there was no immediate threat to student or staff safety at this time. “As a precaution, enhanced safety measures have been put in place, including police presence and on-site presence of LKDB’s

A crossing at the Bluewater Bridge lead to an impaired driving charge. Lambton OPP were called to the bridge in Point Edward Saturday around 9 pm for a suspected drunk driver. A Canadian returning from the US was suspected of drinking by Border Service Officers. OPP did a road side screening test and arrested a 43 year old from Camlachie.

A Sarna man is facing stunt driving charges after Lambton OPP clocked a vehicle going down Highway 402 in Warwick at 178km per hour. The officers were conducting radar enforcement on the highway at 9:30 Saturday morning. The 26 year-old from Sarnia was charged with stunt driving and was issued a 30 Drivers Licence Suspension. His vehicle was impounded for

A Dawn-Euphemia man is facing fraud charges after a door-to-door scam which duped people in six communities. Elgin OPP received a call from a homeowner Jan. 8, after a man stopped at their home and offered to fix their chimney. The man asked for a $200 cash deposit and said he would be back to complete the work. He never

A complaint to Lambton OPP’s Crime Unit led to the seizure of about $3 million of stolen cars north of Belleville. According to the OPP, Lambton officers received a complaint late last year from a Lambton car owner about his stolen vehicle. The local officers began investigating with the OPP Fleet, Supply and Weapons Services Bureau, and Central Hastings OPP

Blake Ellis/The Independent Pauline Freer of Petrolia took the opportunity to have a chat with Lambton OPP Staff Sergeant Jon Kurtz Wednesday. Lambton OPP held Coffee with a Cop at the Coffee Lodge in Petrolia, as part of Police Week. OPP hoped to have an open dialogue with the public about anything involving policing in Lambton County.

Two people are facing weapons charges after an incident on Walpole Island. Around 9 pm Monday, Lambton OPP and the Walpole Island Police Service were called to Tecumseh Road on the island. Officers set up a containment of the area with OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit, Emergency Response Teams and the Canine Unit. Two people were eventually arrested at the

A 22-year-old Corunna man is one of 64 people arrested in the province-wide online child exploitation investigation by the OPP. The Corunna man, who was not identified by the OPP, is charged with one three counts of sexual assault with a person under 16, three counts of sexual interference, two counts of making child pornography and a single count of

Blake Ellis/The Independent Eight people were arrested in a home in Plympton-Wyoming after an armed robbery in Sarnia. Lambton OPP’s police board heard Monday there was a report of an armed robbery in Sarnia April 25. A description of a vehicle was sent to Lambton OPP and officers identified it in the area of Churchill Line and Mandaumin Road. The

Lambton OPP laid impaired driving charges against three people after three separate incidents. Friday before 8 pm, OPP received a call of a possible impaired driver on Highway 40 in St. Clair Township. Police stopped the vehicle the caller described and laid two impaired driving charge against a 56 year-old Courtright man. A few hours later, just before 2 am