Policing

During the month of January 2019, the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to approximately 500 calls for service. Some of those calls included the following: seven violence-related incidents; 14 property related occurrences; 39 motor vehicle collisions; one impaired by alcohol incident; and two warn range suspensions. Officers have also patrolled our communities and highways to ensure ...

Feb 6, 2019 @ 08:17 On January 24, 2019, at approximately 3:35 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a complaint regarding a pickup truck that had driven by a school bus with its overhead red signal-lights flashing and the “STOP” arm extended, on Highway 129 in the town of Chapleau, Ontario. The ...

On February 3, 2019, at approximately 2:55 a.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call regarding a possible impaired driver in Wawa, Ontario. Officers located the vehicle on Superior Avenue in Wawa, Ontario, and performed a traffic stop. While speaking with the driver, the odour of alcohol was detected emanating from her ...

The Ontario Provincial Police in the Rainy River District, with information from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police would like to take some time, as we approach tax season, to remind people to be aware of tax scams. At this time of year Canadians face many types of scams with perpetrators claiming to be agents of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Along with ...

On January 19, 2019, at approximately 4:00 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) located a motor vehicle on Highway 631 that was related to a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) theft in Longlac, Ontario. The suspect vehicle fled from police and was subsequently stopped with the use of a tire deflation device near White River, ...

A 36-year-old Chapleau man has been sentenced to a 10-year prohibition on owning or caring for animals after being convicted of two counts of breach of probation related to a previous conviction under provincial animal welfare legislation. On January 9, 2019, Raynald Gervais was found guilty on two counts of breach of probation in a Chapleau Provincial Offences Court. Gervais ...

On Sunday, January 13, 2019, at approximately 2:00 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a pickup truck driving extremely slow and crossing centre line on Third Avenue in Hornepayne, Ontario. A traffic stop was initiated to ensure the sobriety of the driver. After speaking with the driver, officers demanded a breath sample to ...

On Thursday, January 10, 2019, members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting stationary radar on Highway 17 in White River Township, Ontario. Officers observed an eastbound motor vehicle driving at a high rate of speed and initiated a traffic stop. As a result of the investigation, Wenhao WANG, 21 years of age from North ...

The Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has conducted 190 hours of Festive RIDE “Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere” during this year’s annual campaign. The campaign started November 23, 2018 and ran through to January 2, 2019. During this year’s campaign, officers have issued: one impaired by alcohol charge one breath refusal charge one 7-day warn range suspension ...

During the month of December 2018, the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to approximately 523 calls for service. Some of those calls included the following: 10 violence related incidents 11 property related occurrences seven drug related cases 18 motor vehicle collisions one impaired by alcohol incident one 7-day warn range suspension 140 “Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere” ...

The Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind vehicle owners to lock their unattended vehicles at all times, even in your own driveways. It only takes a few seconds for a theft to occur. The “would-be” thieves are looking for easy items to steal such as: loose change, purses, wallets and electronic devices. Police recommend some ...

On Saturday, December 29, 2018, at approximately 12:40 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Detachment performed a traffic stop on Highway 17 in White River Township. While speaking to the driver, an odour of cannabis was detected emanating from the vehicle. As a result of the investigation, a small amount of dried cannabis was seized and Jacoby ...

  On the 29th of September 1996, at approximately 2:00 a.m. 15-year-old, Melanie Ethier left a friend’s residence in the Town of New Liskeard, to walk home less than a kilometre away. Melanie has not been seen or heard from since. The investigation remains active and is ongoing. The status of the investigation will remain open until the OPP determine the whereabouts ...

On Sunday, December 9, 2018, the Municipality of Wawa became the victim of a sophisticated cyber-attack in which the Town’s network was illegally accessed and infected with ransomware. The malware was able to encrypt a number of Town systems rendering them unusable. Although the Municipality’s IT staff worked quickly to disable the network, a number of the Municipal systems were ...

On December 18, 2018 at approximately 11:40 p.m., members of the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a pickup truck driving erratically on Elgin Street in White River Township, Ontario. Police stopped the pickup truck on Spruce Street and spoke to the female driver. The odour of alcohol could be detected emanating from her breath. As a result of the investigation, ...