OPP Beat

Civic Long Weekend Think Safety First The Sault Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police are asking all members of the public who will be on our road and waterways this long weekend to think safety first.

Road safety the focus for this Civic Holiday weekend (Elliot Lake, Ontario) – This weekend the men and women of the East Algoma OPP will be out diligently patrolling highways and roads.

FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION (Little Current, On) – On Sunday July 25th at approximately 10:00 AM, the Manitoulin Island OPP Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police investigated a single motor vehicle collision on Hwy 540 at McLean’s Mountain Rd

(Elliot Lake, Ontario) The East Algoma OPP has arrested and charged a second male regarding the homemade explosive devices at the local beaches. Charged with the following is a 17-year-old male of Elliot Lake.

MOTORCYCLE OPERATOR STUNT DRIVING (WAWA, ON.) – On July 22, 2010 at 7:10 pm Superior East OPP in Wawa were patrolling southbound on Highway 17 in Menzies Twp approximately 35 kilometres north of Wawa.

Single Motor Vehicle collision closes Highway 129 North of Thessalon On the 22nd of July 2010, shortly before 3:00 am, officers from the Thessalon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 12

POLICE WARN RESIDENTS NOT TO TOUCH SUSPICIOUS BOTTLES (Elliot Lake, ON.) – Elliot Lake OPP has been responding to calls involving homemade explosive devices on area beaches.

Moose/Van Collision results in Injuries (WHITE RIVER. On.) – On July 20, 2010 at approximately 1:20 am Superior East OPP in White River were dispatched to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 17, 15 kilometres south of White River.

IMPAIRED DRIVER (WAWA, On.) – On July 18, 2010 at 4:47 pm Ministry of Natural Resources staff in Lake Superior Provincial Park reported that two males in a red minivan were northbound on Highway 17 near Rabbit Blanket campground.

MALE ARRESTED FOR VIOLATING CURFEW (Blind River, ON.) – On July 14, 2010 at 3:40 a.m. officers from the East Algoma OPP detachment were called to a business on Causley St in Blind River for a male who was bothering patrons.