OPP Beat

STOLEN SNOWMOBILE (Macdonald Twp., ON) – Sometime between 8:00 pm Tuesday evening and 11:00 am Wednesday morning unknown person(s) removed a 2001 Polaris 600 MSV from behind a residence in the 300 block of Echo Lake Road.

DRIVER UNINJURED AFTER COLLIDING WITH HORSES (Laird Twp., ON) – Yesterday evening at 6:30 pm a Dodge Caravan was westbound on Lake George Road in Laird Township when the driver noticed several horses on the roadway.

2008 A BUSY YEAR IN EAST ALGOMA In 2008, East Algoma OPP officers: • worked 126,854 hours in the cluster which consists of Thessalon, Blind River and Elliot Lake • took just over 11,000 calls for service and • spent 19,000 hours on Criminal Investiga

COUNTERFEIT $50.00 (Elliot Lake, Ontario) On January 16, 2009 police received a call from a local bank regarding a possible counterfeit bill. Police investigated and it was determined that the $50.

O.P.P. REMINDER: SNOWMOBILE SAFETY STARTS WITH YOU (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are reminding snowmobilers to plan their routes carefully.

LOCAL RESIDENT AND FIRE CREW HAILED HEROES FOR SAVING MAN’S LIFE (Havilland Township, ON) – On Sunday, January 11th, 2009 at 1:10 p.m.

Early Season Snowmobile Deaths - OPP Urge Operators to Exercise Caution (Northeastern, ON) Recent snowmobiling deaths are tragic reason for police to urge operators to reduce speed when aboard a sled.

UPDATE - FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE – HIGHWAY 69 (Sudbury, ON) - On January 7, 2009 at 10:30 p.m., officers from the Sudbury OPP detachment responded to a two vehicle collision on Highway 69, City of Greater Sudbury (Richard Lake hill).

ASSAULT CHARGES FOR LOCAL MAN (Elliot Lake, Ontario) January 3, 2009 police received a call to attend a residence on Mississauga Avenue in the City of Elliot Lake regarding an assault in progress.

OPP FESTIVE RIDE RESULTS (Sault Ste. Marie, ON.) –OPP Festive RIDE Campaign results are in.