Members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment would like to remind community members of the Lock It or Lose It guidelines after receiving numerous reports of vehicle and property theft within the community. The OPP is requesting assistance from the public to help prevent these crimes of opportunity by following some simple tips: Always roll up your vehicle’s ...

The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind the public that there are many schemes being used to defraud the public and businesses. If you receive any unsolicited communication by any means asking for money to be given or that you won money, be cautious and suspicious.  NEVER give out any personal, credit or banking information to anyone ...

In August 2022 members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), Sault Ste Marie OPP and the Sault Ste Marie Police Service began an investigation into an individual from Mobert.   As a result of the investigation on September 29, 2022, at approximately 2:42 p.m., the OPP arrested and charged Bernard MILLER, 65 years of age, ...

On October 1, 2022, shortly after 3:00 p.m., members from the Sault Ste Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Goulais River Fire Department and Sault Ste Marie Paramedic Services responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision involving three vehicles on Highway 17 near Haviland Shores Road in Goulais Township. Investigation determined a northbound vehicle fails to negotiate ...

On September 28, 2022, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Nipigon Detachment responded to a traffic complaint resulting in one person being arrested and criminally charged with impaired operation.   At 5:28 p.m., members of the Nipigon OPP Detachment were dispatched to a traffic complaint in the Township of Nipigon. Officers successfully located the vehicle and initiated a traffic ...

On September 26, 2022, at approximately 2:30 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a theft-related occurrence at a retail store on Ontario Avenue in Elliot Lake. The complainant reported that a person was just in the store who had stolen an electronics item and then left on foot. Store employees recognized the person, and it was ...

On September 25, 2022, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a person in relation to numerous prior theft and fraud investigations in Elliot Lake. Sault Ste Marie City Police conducted a vehicle stop on September 25, and learned the driver had numerous arrest warrants from East Algoma OPP. In September and October of 2020, police received numerous fraud and ...

On September 27, 2022, at approximately 12:30 p.m. members of the Nipigon and Greenstone Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Northwest Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Beardmore Fire Department responded to a report of a two-vehicle collision on Highway 11, Municipality of Greenstone. A school bus and pick up truck collided, one student was transported to hospital ...

On September 17, 2022 at 8:34 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a marine call on Ruth Lake, approximately 15 kilometres south of Chapleau. Reports indicated a male had gone out in a canoe and had not returned. Police attended the scene and located an overturned canoe on the lake. On ...

On September 20, 2022, at approximately 11:00 a.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a westbound traffic complaint on Highway 17 that began in the Town of Blind River and ended in the Town of Bruce Mines. Investigation determined the car was travelling at speeds of more that 195 km/hr and passing ...

On September 16, 2022, shortly after 6:00 p.m., members from East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision involving a pick-up truck at the intersection of Highways 17 and 108 in the Township of the North Shore. Police arrived a short time later and observed a pick-up truck in the southbound ditch ...

On September 13, 2022, at approximately 9:00 p.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a person in relation to a previous robbery on Hirshhorn Avenue in Elliot Lake. On September 11, 2022 police received a call to an apartment complex on Hirshhorn Avenue in relation to a robbery. The complainant reported being assaulted by a known person to them. The ...

On September 4, 2022, at approximately 6:00 a.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of an assault that occurred on September 1, 2022, at a residence on Village Road in the community of Mississauga First Nation. On September 9, 2022, Randy MARTIN, 28 years-of-age, of no-fixed-address, was located in Blind ...

On September 13, 2022, at approximately 7:00 p.m., Mississauga First Nation (MFN) Police Service responded to a complaint of a suspicious person who appeared to be disoriented and wearing no shirt and walking through a band member’s yard on Eli Street in the community of Mississauga First Nation. Approximately two hours later, another suspicious person call came in on River ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) want to advise the public to not tamper with election signs and that any act of mischief committed in relation to election signs is a criminal offence. Recently, several occurrences have been reported to the OPP involving mischief to election signs posted at various locations. Those persons found committing such offences will be charged accordingly. ...