OPP Beat

Seasonal Driving Risks As we approach the hectic Christmas season many people are traveling long distances home or visiting friends locally.

COTTAGES BROKEN INTO – FIREARMS STOLEN REQUEST FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (Sudbury, ON) – On the afternoon of December 21, 2009, Sudbury OPP officers received a report that 3 empty gun vaults along with other property had been found in the ditch on North

Tools Stolen (Gudette Twp.) Sometime between the 15th and the 18th of December a logging Trailer parked on Leonard Lake Rd in Gaudette Township was broken into.

PEDESTRIAN FATALLY INJURED IN COLLISION (Thessalon, ON.) On December 19, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. police received a report of a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle approximately 4 kilometres east of Thessalon.

Man Went Through Ice While Snowmobiling On Manitowik Lake UPDATE The search for a missing snowmobiler on Lake Manitowik has been suspended. Members of the Superior East O.P.P. Detachment in Wawa and the O.P.P.

SNOWBLOWER STOLEN FROM AWERES PUBLIC SCHOOL - SECOND TIME (Aweres Twp., ON) – Sometime between December 16 and 17 a shed was broken into at Aweres Public School in Aweres Township. Suspect(s) unknown entered the shed by smashing the lock off.

OVERNIGHT PARKING (Elliot Lake, Ontario) The City of Elliot Lake and the East Algoma OPP remind citizens of Elliot Lake that no person shall park a vehicle on a roadway between the hours of 12:00 a.m. (midnight) and 7:00 a.m.

UPDATE - 85 YEAR OLD FEMALE LOCATED (Hodgins Twp., ON) – 85 year old Marie Jeanette Canouts has been located. She was found walking on Waboose Road, five kilometres south of Achigan creek by members of the Sault Ste.

ONE MORE IMPAIRED DRIVING CHARGE OVER THE WEEKEND (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) – At 1:15 am on the 12th December, 2009 and OPP officer on patrol observed a black Chevy pick up travel down Great Northern Road without any headlights on.

THEFT OF JEWELLERY (Elliot Lake, Ontario) On December 12, 2009 police received a report from jewellery representative of a possible theft. Police learned that sometime on December 12, 2009 between 12:00 and 12:30 p.m.