On August 31st Crystal Simpson, age 29 of Sault Ste. Marie turned herself in at the Police Station. Simpson had failed to attend the ARTC to serving her intermittent sentence. Simpson was charged with being unlawfully at large and attended bail court on August 31st.
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On August 31st, 2012 at 8:14am City Police attended Church Street in regards to a grey Dodge pickup running over the hedge on the property of a home in the one hundred block. A second traffic complaint involving the same vehicle was called in on Pim Street advising of a vehicle hitting a city bus and stop sign at the corner of Pim at Herrick. Damage was minor to the vehicles. The male driver Gary Yukich, age 60 of 34 Herrick St was arrested and charged with Impaired Driving. He will appear in court on Oct. 1st.
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In a domestic related dispute a 42 year old male was arrested and charged with Assault and Threatening a female victim from an incident that occured on August 10th. The male will appear in bail court on Sept. 4th.
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On the 30th of August, members of the Sault Ste Marie Police Service Street Team conducted a traffic stop of a motor vehicle on Pine Street and located a set of brass knuckles within the vehicle.
A further search of the vehicle also revealed a quantity of cocaine, oxycodone tablets, two digital scales and a large bundle of cash. As a result, 20 year old Dano Ruttan and 20 year old Bradley Jackson were arrested for possession of a prohibited substance and possession of a prohibited weapon.
At the time of the offences, both males were out on release orders with conditions to abstain from the possession of drugs or drug paraphernalia and not to possess prohibited weapons.
As a result, both males were charged with breach of recognizance and breach of probation. Ruttan and Jackson will appear in bail court on the 31st of August.
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On the 30th of August police responded to a domestic dispute at an apartment complex in the west end of the city.
It is alleged the two parties began arguing about bills and when one went to call 911 the other ripped the phone cord out of the wall, damaging the cord.
Also, it is alleged that when the victim was sitting on the couch, the accused head butted her, pushing her face back and punched her on the right side of her face.
As a result a 45 year old female was arrested and charged with assault and mischief and will appear in bail court on August 31st.
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City Police were called to two separate robberies within a half an hour of each other in the early morning hours of August 31st.
The first one involved 3 masked persons entering an east end confectionary store and forcing the lone male employee to the ground and then the 3 made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.
The second robbery occurred in the area of a west end grocery store where a group of males assaulted a lone male and stole a necklace from the victim.
Both of these occurrences are still under investigation at the time of this release.