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Despite a scathing ruling by a judge who found that Sgt. Russ Watson “karate kicked” and “sucker punched” a helpless woman, he remains in good standing as a police officer, the OPP confirm. On Wednesday, Ontario’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) announced it would reopen an investigation into Wats...

Mississauga (4 March, 2015) --- The Director of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), Tony Loparco, has reopened an investigation looking into the injuries sustained in 2013 by Maria Farrell. Ms. Farrell’s injuries resulted from an interaction with Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Sergeant (Sgt) Rus...

The province’s police watchdog has announced it will reopen the investigation of an OPP officer who a judge said caused “catastrophic injuries” to an Orillia woman who was only trying to help. But Tonie Farrell said the news comes “too late” to soothe the grandmother of two, who hobbles with a cane ...

An Ontario Provincial Police officer in Hearst has been charged with a traffic violation as a result of a motor vehicle collision that occurred before Christmas. The OPP issued a release on Tuesday reporting that the officer had been charged. The incident occurred on Friday, Dec. 19, shortly before ...

UPDATE-OPP VEHICLE AND PICKUP TRUCK COLLIDE NEAR HEARST-Police Officer Charged (HEARST, ON) –Shortly before 11:00 pm on Friday, December 19, 2014, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Hearst Detachment responded to a collision involving a police vehicle and a pickup truck at the inters...

TORONTO - The province’s police watchdog has announced it will reopen the investigation of an OPP officer who a judge said caused “catastrophic injuries” to an Orillia woman who was only trying to help. But Tonie Farrell says the news comes “too late” to soothe the grandmother of two, who hobbles wi...

SIU reopens case of woman who was injured during interaction with OPP in Orillia MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Ontario's police watchdog is reopening an investigation into injuries suffered by a woman during an incident involving a provincial police sergeant in Orillia. The Special Investigations Unit says M...

The Special Investigations Unit will take another look at a case in which a woman says she stopped to help the victim of a mugging and was then badly beaten and maimed by an Ontario Provincial Police officer. The case involving Maria Farrell stems from an incident that occurred in Orillia, Ont., nea...

The Special Investigations Unit is taking another look at a case involving an Orillia woman, beaten by an OPP officer last year. A judge found that Tonie Farrell was trying to assist a woman who’d been assaulted, when a police officer karate kicked her to the ground causing a serious injury. The Jud...

Tonie Farrell suffered a broken knee in altercation with Sgt. Russell Watson, a judge ruled late last year. The Special Investigations Unit has reopened the case of a “Good Samaritan” beaten by an OPP officer in Orillia in 2013. A judge already found late last year that Tonie Farrell, 48, was simpl...

SIU reopens case of woman seriously injured after altercation with OPP officer Tonie Farrell suffered a broken knee in incident involving Sgt. Russell Watson, a judge ruled late last year. Ontario’s police watchdog is reopening the case of an Orillia woman left with “catastrophic” injuries after an...

The numbers are coming in and as expected, the OPP billing increase will be hitting taxpayers hard. A draft budget released at last week’s council meeting by Dysart et al treasurer Barbara Swannell gives an estimate of expenditures and revenues for 2015. The draft estimates this year’s expenses wil...

Rookie officer on the job for 9 months at time of collision Ontario Provincial Police say a rookie officer in Hearst is facing a charge after a crash with a pick-up truck in Dec. 2014. OPP report that the collision happened shortly before 11 p.m. on Dec. 19 at the "intersection of Highway 11 a...

ALMAGUIN – Area mayors are crying foul at the steep cost increase coming with the new Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) billing model. Glenn Miller, reeve of Ryerson, said the increases are “disgusting.” “We fought it, and fought it, and fought it,” he said. “There’s no other thing we can do. But the...

The long-serving mayor of Oro-Medonte Township says the 2015 budget is the "most challenging" he's ever worked on. Harry Hughes doesn't foresee deliberations, which began in December, wrapping up until at least mid-April. "The demands on our budget are profound," he said. "N...