Thursday, September 22, 2005

DRIVER ARRESTED FOR IMPAIRED DRIVING

(Thessalon, Ontario) On Wednesday September 21, 2005 at approximately 8:45 pm the East Algoma – Thessalon OPP were contacted regarding a vehicle in the ditch on Dawson Street, Thessalon, Ontario.

Members of the East Algoma – Thessalon OPP attended the scene and located a male sitting in the driver’s seat of a 2003 Ford Ranger pickup truck. The rear wheels of the vehicle were in the ditch.

The driver was subsequently arrested for impaired operation of a motor vehicle. The driver was transported to the detachment for the purposes of the Breathalyzer instrument.

The driver Dale Gene COOK (55) of Saginaw, Michigan, USA has been charged with “Impaired Driving (or Care or Control) of a Motor Vehicle” and “Failure to Provide Breath Sample”. COOK is scheduled to appear in Sault Ste. Marie Court for a bail hearing today.


INJURY SUSTAINED FROM GUN SHOT WOUND

(Thessalon, Ontario) On Wednesday September 21, 2005 at approximately 4:00 pm the East Algoma – Thessalon OPP were contacted regarding a gunshot wound.

Members of the East Algoma OPP attended at the Thessalon Hospital and located a female that received a non-life threatening injury to her right lower leg. The bullet entered just below the knee, breaking the tibia.

Bernice FOLKARD (43) of Thessalon, Ontario was practice shooting at the Thessalon Rod and Gun Club when she lowered her gun with her finger off of the trigger. The gun slipped in her hand and as she tried to regain her grip the gun fired.

The gun was a 45-calibre Colt handgun.

FOLKARD has been transported to The Sault Area Hospital for further treatment.

OVERNIGHT RAIN “DAMPENS” THE CRIMINAL SPIRIT

Sault Ste Marie, Ont.,It appears that, once again this week, a good heavy rain may be responsible for dampening the ambition and spirits of that small portion of society we have labeled “criminals”.

A check of the Sault Ste Marie OPP police blotter indicates no reported criminal activity over the past 24 hours. Officers were kept busy last night as heavy rain, thunder and lightening passed through the area. Just after the storm passed through, officers responded to several false 911 calls in the Heyden area. It appears that an unknown glitch in the telephone lines caused at least three unoccupied houses in the Heyden area to register “911” calls to emergency personnel. Officers responded to the calls only to find all the homes unoccupied.