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OPP Beat

Saturday, July 12, 2003

TWO TEENS CHARGED IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS Sault Ste. Marie Early this morning, a Sault O.P.P. officer stopped an erratic driver. The male teenager, a G2 licence holder, had been drinking and registered a "warn" on the roadside screening.

Friday, July 11, 2003

ONE KILLED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT A fatal accident has occurred on Highway 17 just west of Blind River.

Wednesday, July 9, 2003

INVESTIGATION INTO FATAL ACCIDENT COMPLETE St. Joseph Island On May 30 at 11:00 a.m., a farm tractor was pulling a trailer northbound on the A-line with a load of wood blocks and three passengers.

Monday, July 7, 2003

FIRE DESTROYS INTERIOR OF HOME Heyden, Ont. The Aweres Fire Department and O.P.P. responded to a trailer home fire at 11:55 a.m. on Saturday at Rupert Acres Trailer Park.

Sunday, July 6, 2003

FATAL INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT Bruce Mines, Ont. One man has lost his life at approximately 12:35 yesterday afternoon in an industrial accident just northeast of Bruce Mines.

Saturday, July 5, 2003

CHARGED IN ARMED ROBBERY Richards Landing, St. Joseph Island On Saturday, June 28, at 3:20am, officers from the Thessalon O.P.P. detachment were called to a robbery in progress at a confectionary store in Richards Landing on St. Joseph Island.

Friday, July 4, 2003

STOLEN VEHICLE RECOVERED Heyden, Ont. Yesterday, Sault Ste. Marie O.P.P. responded to information about an abandoned motor vehicle on highway #556 in the Heyden area.

Thursday, July 3, 2003

MOOSE COLLISION AT MILE HILL Sault Ste. Marie A car/moose collision at the bottom of the mile hill resulted in minor injuries to a local woman and fatal injuries for a moose. At 10:30 p.m. yesterday, a Sault Ste.

Monday, June 30, 2003

VEHICLES ENTERED - STOLEN BIKES RECOVERED Echo Bay, Ont. The Sault detachment of the O.P.P. is looking for assistance in locating those responsible for numerous thefts from vehicles and the stealing of bikes in and around the Echo Bay area.

Saturday, June 28, 2003

FIVE ARRESTED IN ROBBERY ON ST. JOE ISLAND Five people were arrested last night following a robbery on St. Joseph Island. The owner of Ambeault's Confectionary on Richard Street in Richards Landing lives in an apartment above the store.