On August 15, 2022, at approximately 9:15 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to the local hospital in Elliot Lake regarding a person attempting to enter vehicles in the parking lot. Police later located the person on Ottawa Avenue riding a bicycle. The person had also previously stolen merchandise from a gas bar variety store on Highway ...

On Saturday, August 12, 2022, at approximately 4:00 p.m., members of the East Algoma (Elliot Lake) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) began an investigation involving a missing person. Sylvina RICKARD, 41 years-of-age who was last seen June 13th, 2022, shortly after 7:00 p.m., in the City of Elliot Lake. She is known to have ties to the Cities ...

On July 18, 2022, at approximately 8:12 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a well-being check on an individual at a residence on Churchill Avenue in Wawa. The individual was located by police and found to be in distress. Through investigation, three individuals were arrested and charged. Kelvin HENRY, 41 years-of-age, of ...

On August 9, 2022, shortly after 12:15 a.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motor vehicle collision involving an SUV and a pedestrian on Hillside Drive South in the City of Elliot Lake. Investigation determined a pedestrian was on a longboard skateboard travelling eastbound on Hillside Drive South. When the skateboarder ...

Members from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment wants to warn the public about a scam that seems to be targeting young men on social media like on Instagram, dating sites or pornographic websites. Sextortion is where people are lured into an online relationship through social media, dating sites or pornographic websites. As the relationship builds, victims are ...

Members from the Nipissing West (Sudbury) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have open Highway 144 in both directions. The highway was closed on August 10, 2022, at 3:55 a.m., after members from the Nipissing West OPP, Sudbury Paramedic Services and Sudbury Fire Department responded to a head on collision on Highway 144, between Lively and Chelmsford, in the ...

On August 9th, 2022 at approximately 5:55 p.m., an officer from the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) initiated a traffic stop on Highway 11-17, in the Township of Nipigon after noting suspicious driving behavior. It was determined the operator of the motor vehicle had been consuming alcoholic beverages. The officer made a demand for an approved screening ...

On August 9th, 2022 at approximately 9:09 p.m. an officer from the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop in the Township of Nipigon for speeding 136kmh in a posted 90kmh zone. While speaking with the driver, it was determined that they had been consuming alcohol. The officer made a demand for an approved screening device ...

On August 4, 2022, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a complaint of an assault on Mississauga Avenue in the City of Elliot Lake. Investigation determined at approximately 3:00 a.m., on July 29, 2022, a resident of a local retirement home on Mississauga Avenue was physically assaulted by an employee. As a ...

On August 8, 2022, members from the East Algoma Thessalon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a theft of a snowmobile trailer that was stolen sometime between 12:00 p.m. on Thursday August 4, 2022, and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday August 7, 2022, while parked at Highway 129 and Rapid River parking area in Sturgeon Township (approximately 20 ...

On August 5, 2022, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol duties on Highway 108. At approximately 6:30 p.m., police observed a northbound black car travelling at an excessive high rate of speed on Highway 108 near Depot Lake. Police located the car at a local gas station in the City of Elliot ...

On August 6, 2022, shortly after 1:30 a.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint of a pick-up truck in a ditch on Highway 17 in the Township of the North Shore. A short time later, the pick-up truck drove out of the ditch into a private driveway. While police ...

On August 3, 2022, members from the Sault Ste Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Forensic Identification Services (FIS), the Sault Ste Marie Crime Unit, North East Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB), North East Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) unit and with the assistance of Batchewana First Nation Police Service began an investigation into the thefts ...

Two individuals face a total of sixteen charges after a road rage incident on Highway 17 in the Nipigon area. On July 29, 2022 at approximately 2:00 p.m., Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon Detachment received a call about a passenger vehicle that rammed a motorcycle and pushed it off the road. The vehicle failed to stop following the collision and was ...

On July 31, 2022, shortly after 11:30 a.m., members from the Sault Ste Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint of a possible impaired driver driving northbound on Highway 17B from Echo Bay. Batchewana First Nation Police Service observed the vehicle on the four lanes on Highway 17 travelling westbound near Belleau Lake Road ...