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Incident at 1 District in St. Catharines Leads to Robbery Charge

On Thursday May 30, 2024, 1 District (St. Catharines/Thorold) uniform officers with the Niagara Regional Police Service attended the 1 District Lobby located at 198 Welland Avenue in the City of St. Catharines for an assault in progress.

Investigation revealed that a male suspect was acting erratically at the police station when he approached a 77 year old female who was seated on a bench within the front lobby and proceeded to ramble and make incoherent conversation. The victim did not engage...

MISSING PERSONS – NRPS in Fort Erie are Searching for 14 Year Old Girl

Update - Located - June 2, 2024

Odessa has been located safely. The NRPS would like to thank the media and the public for their help in this matter. 

Original Release - June 1, 2024

Detectives from 5 District (Fort Erie) of the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) are searching for missing person Emily Odessa Tyler who goes by the name of Odessa.

Odessa was last seen on June 1, 2024 at approximately 8:30am in the area of Nigh Road and Rose Hill Road, in the Town of Fort Erie.  Odessa was last seen...

Detectives investigating following St. Catharines bush party collision

At 12:30 am on Sunday May 26, 2024, 1 District (St. Catharines/Thorold) uniform officers were called to the area of Glen Morris Drive following the report of a person struck by a vehicle in the City of St. Catharines.

Further investigation by 1 District detectives revealed that at approximately 11:30 pm on Saturday May 25, 2024, a 19-year-old female was struck by a vehicle while attending a “bush party” in Burgoyne Woods and that the vehicle then left the scene.

The female was treated for minor...

MISSING PERSON – NRPS in Niagara Falls are Searching for 68-Year-Old Woman - Update - PHOTO

Update 1 - May 30, 2020 - PHOTO 

Detectives from the 2 District – Niagara Falls/Niagara on the Lake office of the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) are searching for missing person Galextra Kavanaugh. Galextra also goes by the name of Selma Paul.

As a result of the continued investigation detectives were able to determine Galextra was last seen on foot on Monday, May 27, 2024, at approximately 2:32pm, northbound on Victoria Avenue at Valley Way, in Niagara Falls. 

Galextra is described as:

• Black...

8 District Detectives Investigating Damaged Speed Cameras

On May 28, 2024 at 11:57am, 8 District (Grimsby/Lincoln) uniform officers with the Niagara Regional Police Service, were on routine patrol in the area of Townline Road and Township of West Lincoln, when they observed that the Regional Speed Enforcement Camera located on the north side of the road was laying on the ground. 

Uniform officers then attended the area of Station Street and Hornak Road in the Township of West Lincoln, to observe that a second Regional Speed enforcement camera located on...