Highway 417 drug bust near Limoges
LIMOGES — The end of 2020 saw Russell County OPP make a substantial drug bust on Highway 417 eastbound near the Limoges exit. On December 30th, shortly before 4:30 a.m., an OPP officer pulled over…
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Slew of impaired driving charges in Prescott and Russell over past month
EMBRUN — Officers with the Russell County OPP responded to 1,181 calls for service between Nov. 17 to Dec. 13, 2020 — activity that included apprehending quite a number of allegedly impaired drivers. On November…
Person of interest sought in gasoline theft
RUSSELL — Russell County OPP say they are looking for an individual and vehicle in connection with the alleged theft of $80 worth of gasoline Nov. 17 from a station on St-Guillaume Road. The unidentified…
Rockland trailer theft, police seek to identify person of interest
ROCKLAND — Russell County OPP are looking for a person of interest after a $5,000 utility trailer was stolen from a Chamberland Street business in Rockland. Officers responded to the reported theft shortly before 6…
73-year-old motorcyclist dies in St-Albert
ST-ALBERT — A balmy November Sunday that drew many enthusiasts onto local roads yesterday turned tragic in St-Albert, where a 73-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a car. Russell County OPP say that…
SIU investigating Clarence-Rockland motorcycle crash
CLARENCE—ROCKLAND — Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is looking into a motorcycle crash that left the lone rider with non-life-threatening injuries after fleeing a Russell County OPP officer. The detachment says the Oct. 3 incident…
Rockland man charged with break-and-enter; Casselman man charged after part stolen from car
ROCKLAND — A man was arrested after a Russell County OPP officer noticed him acting strangely by the side of Poupart Rd., shortly after 10 p.m. on Aug. 31. Following an investigation, Corey Felteau, 51,…
Two charged with first degree murder in Rockland man’s death
ROCKLAND — Two Ottawa men have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Clarence-Rockland resident David Tobin, 42, who was found dead inside a Rockland home. According to Russell County OPP,…
Russell OPP warn of ‘tricky people’ after stranger offers ride to young person
EMBRUN — Russell County OPP are reminding the public to inform their children about unsafe situations and “tricky people” after an unidentified male motorist stopped and offered a ride to a young person in Embrun….
Christmas lead-up: Russell OPP lay charges for impaired driving, uttering threats, assault, drug possession
EMBRUN — Russell County OPP had occasion to lay a number of charges as the detachment dealt with 453 calls for service during the final half half of December 2019. Alcohol-impaired driving charges ROCKLAND — …
Charges for Embrun man include extortion, distributing intimate image without consent
LIMOGES — An Embrun man is accused of spousal assault, distributing an intimate image without consent and extortion. Russell County OPP laid the charges after an investigation triggered by a Sept. 11 domestic complaint —…
Hard drugs and trafficking charges in small towns around the region this month, from Cardinal to Rockland
CARDINAL — Cocaine, crystal meth, methamphetamine tablets and marijuana were seized during a June 14 police raid that busted an alleged drug-trafficking operation at a Walter Street residence in Cardinal. Officers arrested a man and…
Russell County OPP looking for tuxedo-clad man who approached, offered ride to child in Embrun
EMBRUN — Russell County OPP are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspicious tuxedo-clad man in a black car who approached a child walking along St-Andre Rd. in Embrun this past Thursday, May 23….
Russell OPP seek man who allegedly exposed himself in Casselman store
CASSELMAN — Russell County OPP are looking for a man who entered a Casselman store and allegedly exposed himself while walking around. Reported to the store owner by a customer who witnessed it, the indecent…
Six men now charged with historical sex offences in one Rockland family
ROCKLAND — Russell County OPP report that two more men have been arrested in connection with historical sexual assaults occurring within the same family. The number of individuals charged in the case now stands at…
