OPP Beat

(WAWA, ON) – On February 23, 2013 Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Wawa Detachment were advised by a local business of several thefts caught on camera. Stolen were 3 GPS units, 2 security cameras and 2 electric shavers.

OPP AND MNR JOINT ENFORCEMENT Numerous Charges Laid (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) Joint snowmobile patrols were conducted by the OPP and the MNR over the past weekend. Patrols were carried out on area lakes and trails both east and north of Sault Ste.

(Wikwemikong, ON) – Manitoulin OPP was dispatched to assist the Wikwemikong Tribal Police with a firearm incident on the Wikwemikong First Nation.

ESPANOLA OPP INVESTIGATE THEFT OF CIGARETTES FROM MASSEY BUSINESS (ESPANOLA, ON) Members of of the Espanola OPP detachment are investigating a theft of cigarettes from a business in Massey.

STOLEN VEHICLE STOPPED ON HWY 17 BETWEEN WHITE RIVER AND WAWA (WHITE RIVER & WAWA, ON) On February 6, 2013 an officer from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Wawa Detachment was conducting radar patrol on Highway 17 near Hammer Lake.

VEHICLE IN DITCH LEADS TO IMPAIRED AND DRUG CHARGES (Thessalon, ON.) On February 1, 2013 at 12:40 p.m. officers from the East Algoma OPP detachment were called to a vehicle in the ditch on Highway 17 near McNights road west of Desbarats.

HOUSE FIRE CLAIMS ONE VICTIM (THESSALON, ON) On Friday the 01st of February, 2013 the Thessalon Fire Department and the members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Algoma Thessalon Detachment were notified of a house fire at 40 Mill Lane in t

DRUG POSSESSION CHARGE LAID (WAWA, ON) – On Wednesday January 30, 2013 as a result of an anonymous tip the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Wawa Detachment initiated a traffic stop on Toronto Ave in Wawa.

MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION (Fenwick Twp., ON) - On Saturday, January 26, 2013 at approximately 3:00 pm OPP were dispatched to a collision involving a snow machine and a car on Mission Road.

MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT (KIRKLAND LAKE, ON.) Members of the Kirkland Lake OPP have charged a local man with assault. The charge stems from a disturbance at a residence located on Kirkland Street in Kirkland Lake.