On Monday February 12th 2024, at approximately 8:30am a staff member from St. John Paul Elementary School in Lindsay located a suspicious object on the school grounds. As a result, police were contacted and for safety precautions the school was evacuated. A very thorough search of the school and grounds was conducted by police.  Further […]

Impaired Driving Arrest On Wednesday February 7th, 2024 at approximately 12:57pm the Kawartha Lakes Police Service along with Kawartha Lakes Fire and Rescue and Kawartha Lakes Paramedics attended a Motor Vehicle Collision on Kent Street in Lindsay.  Information at the time of the call was that a vehicle had struck a parked vehicle in a […]

Stabbing Arrest On Sunday January 28th, 2024 shortly after 11pm the Kawartha Lakes Police Service responded to an apartment building located in Lindsay to a report of a stabbing.  Officers located a male suffering from multiple lacerations.   He was treated at Ross Memorial Hospital and later released.  Officers located two male suspects in the area […]

Two Impaired Driving Arrests On Saturday January 20th, 2024 at approximately 2:20am the Kawartha Lakes Police Service conducted a traffic stop.  Further investigation revealed that a 22-year-old Springwater female was Impaired.  She was subsequently charged with the following offences: Operation while Impaired – Alcohol and Drugs Operation while Impaired – Blood alcohol concentration (80 plus) […]

Firearm offence arrest On Tuesday January 16th, 2024 the Kawartha Lakes Police Service, Criminal Investigations Branch was conducting surveillance in Lindsay for a male wanted on three separate arrest warrants all in relation to firearm offences.  The male was observed and was subsequently arrested.  He was found to be in possession of a loaded handgun […]

Possession of Stolen Property On Tuesday January 9th, 2024 the Kawartha Lakes Police Service investigated the theft of copper from a construction site in Lindsay.  Later the same day information was received that copper was being loaded into a taxi.  Further investigation revealed that the stolen copper was being taken to a local scrap yard […]

Impaired Driver Arrested On Saturday, January 6th, 2024 at approximately 1:15pm, a Kawartha Lakes Police Officer conducted a traffic stop in Lindsay.   As a result of the investigation, a 34-year-old Lindsay man was arrested for Operation While Impaired.   Further investigation revealed that the male driver was also a suspended driver.  The accused was charged with […]

Russell Street Arson Arrest On Friday, December 22, 2023, Kawartha Lakes Police Service arrested the homeowner in relation to the residential fire that occurred on Russell Street December 17, 2023. On December 17, 2023 Kawartha Lakes Police and Kawartha Lakes Fire and Rescue Services responded to the residential fire that destroyed the home, damaging a […]

Arson Investigation On Sunday, December 17th, 2023 at approximately 2:00am, the Kawartha Lakes Police Service,  along with Kawartha Lakes Fire and Rescue Services responded to a residential fire on Russell Street East in Lindsay. When officers arrived, the house was fully en-gulfed in flames. No injuries resulted from this incident. The Kawartha Lakes Police Service […]

Theft Investigation The Kawartha Lakes Police Service is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect who stole a donation box from a local business. On November 14, 2023 police were called to the Lindsay Street South business. Video surveillance captured the theft of a donation box containing a sum of money. The theft occurred […]