On January 8, 2023, shortly after 4:00 p.m., members from the Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to several traffic complaints of a pick-up truck travelling at a high rate of speed and forcing oncoming traffic to the shoulder on Highway 17 east of the Town of Bruce Mines. A short time later, police observed the pick-up ...

Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) throughout the North East Region (NER) were out from November 17, 2022 to January 2, 2023 conducting Festive RIDE check points. As challenging as the weather has been in some areas, OPP officers were undeterred as they worked to take impaired drivers and other alcohol/drug-related driving offenders off the road, so travelers could ...

On January 5, 2023, at approximately 1:00 p.m., members from the Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to a report of a stolen snowmobile from NAPA Power Sports in the Town of Blind River. Investigation determined sometime between January 4th, 2023 and early morning hours of January 5th, 2023, the suspect(s) cut through a galvanized chain link ...

Dec 31, 2022 at 13:47 Members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment have laid multiple Criminal Code (CC) charges after an individual fled from police.   On December 23, 2022, at approximately 1:08 a.m., members of the Superior East OPP Detachment attempted to conduct a traffic stop. The driver of the vehicle failed to stop and continued westbound ...

Dec 30, 2022 at 11:47 On December 30, 2022, at approximately 12:00 a.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to an apartment fire on Washington Crescent in Elliot Lake. The Elliot Lake Fire Department (ELFD) was already on scene who located a someone inside. They were transported to hospital by Algoma Paramedic Services but the ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), in partnership with the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS), is investigating a homicide in the Fort Hope First Nation community.   On December 27, 2022, members of the OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), Forensic Identification Services, CIB and North West Crime Unit attended Fort Hope First Nation to assist NAPS after an ...

Dec 29, 2022 at 08:02 Two people have been charged in connection with the murder of an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer. On the afternoon of December 27, 2022, 28-year-old Provincial Constable Grzegorz Pierzchala responded to a vehicle in a ditch west of Hagersville. The officer was fatally shot when he arrived at the scene. Two people were arrested in ...

On December 24, 2022, at approximately 10:20 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a domestic dispute at a residence on Dieppe Avenue in Elliot Lake. Police were called by the complainant who stated they feared for their safety because their ex-spouse was at the residence in an intoxicated state and had just kicked in the door. In ...

On December 15, 2022 the Greater Sudbury Police Service had occasion to deal with a wanted individual from Elliot Lake.  The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) had numerous warrants for the person, who was returned and held for bail. The warrants were in relation to numerous previous charges from July of 2021 and failing to attend court in February and ...

There is a significant winter storm anticipated to affect all of the province starting tomorrow and heading into the holiday weekend. Winter weather may include rain, snow, high winds, and flash freezing. Please take this time to be proactive and plan travel in advance. If you do not have to travel, it is recommended you stay home. If for any ...

Members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment conducted a routine traffic stop which has to one individual being arrested and charged for impaired operation. On December 18, 2022, at approximately 2:15 a.m., members of the Marathon OPP Detachment initiated a traffic stop on a motor vehicle after observing the vehicle to be driving erratically and travelling at a ...

Members of the Manitouwadge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E) checkpoint which has led to one individual being arrested and charged for impaired operation. On December 14, 2022, at approximately 7:53 p.m., members of the Manitouwadge OPP Detachment initiated a R.I.D.E checkpoint at the intersection of Redwing and Ohsweken Road in the ...

On December 14, 2022, shortly after 7:30 p.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the OPP’s Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), along with members from the East Algoma Crime Unit executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) warrant at a residence on Highway 17 in the Town of Spanish. Police searched a vehicle and ...

The Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has identified the victim of a fatal motor vehicle collision last week as 51-year-old Abdul HASHMI of Calgary, Alberta. On December 4, 2022 at approximately 4:12 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the OPP responded to a serious single-vehicle collision near the intersection of Highway 129 and Highway ...

On December 6, 2022 at approximately 10:05 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a domestic dispute on Joliet Street in Wawa. Through investigation, it was determined that one of the involved parties had driven a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol. As a result, a 27-year-old person, from Wawa, was charged ...