City Police Beat

RIVER ROCK BRAWL Police were called to the River Rock early this morning. A large fight was underway involving several patrons.

City police report a relatively quiet night last night with only two break and enters to report. BREAK AND ENTER Yesterday afternoon between 2:00 and 5:00, person or persons forced open the front door of an apartment in the 100 block of Grace Street.

BREAK AND ENTERS There were three break and enters over the weekend plus one attempted entry. The first, at about 1:40am on Saturday, was in the 200 block of MacDonald Avenue.

City Police had a busy Saturday night. There was one arrest for assault and several drunks that slept it off at the police station.

QUIET FRIDAY NIGHT City police report everything quiet last night and this morning with nothing to report.

WHITE POWDER ON SAULT LETTER Earlier this week, the Sault's weekly newspaper, The Sault This Week, received a letter from New York and reported to police that there was a "suspicious" powder on it.

TWO BREAK AND ENTERS, ONE STOLEN VEHICLE City police are investigating two break and enters to local businesses overnight. Beauty Complete, a hairstyling salon on March Street had its front windows smashed with rocks.

STOLEN VEHICLE Police observed a ½ ton truck southbound on Great Northern Road near Northern Avenue early this morning. Police were able to observe that the driver side door lock had been punched out.

MAN BARRICADED IN MOTEL - ARRESTED UNDER THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT Police were called to the Downtown Motel on the corner of East and Albert Streets at 7pm last evening. A man had barricaded himself in a room and was making threats.

MAN CHARGE WITH BREAK & ENTER Luke Barbeau, age 18, of 432 Connaught Avenue was arrested early Sunday morning and has been charged with one count of break and enter and one count of possession of stolen property in connection with a break and enter t