OPP Beat

The Sault detachment of the O.P.P. has had a very quiet Christmas Day yesterday and a quiet morning today. There is nothing to report.

ACCIDENT DUE TO WEATHER Sault Ste. Marie O.P.P. has responded to a minor, single-vehicle accident on Townline Road in Laird Township early this morning. There were no injuries. The accident was the result of poor visibility and road conditions.

The O.P.P. reports a very quiet twenty-four hours right across Northeastern Ontario. There are four snowmobilers missing in the Timmins area this morning. The O.P.P. has a helicopter participating in the search for the four who are a day overdue.

HIGHWAY CLOSED White River, Ont. If you’re heading for Thunder Bay today, you may be delayed near White River due to a bad accident. The accident, 16 kilometres west of the town has closed the highway in both directions.

DECORATIONS STOLEN Echo Bay, Ont. The O.P.P. received two separate reports of Christmas decorations beingh stolen from yards in Echo Bay Saturday night. In one case, an inflatable Grinch was removed but later located.

A 37-year-old trucker from St. Thomas, Ontario has been charged with making an unsafe lane change in Laird Township, Ontario Provincial Police report this morning.

“I TOLD YA SO, BUT YOU WOULDN’T LISTEN” Sault Ste Marie, Ont., No, that is not the expression of your “significant other” reminding you of yet another mistake that you have done around the domestic front.

ANOTHER VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSUALT COMES FORWARD Sault Ste Marie, Ont., The Sault Ste Marie OPP Crime Unit have laid yet another series of sex related charges against Goulais River resident Robert Lemieux. Mr.

SIX WEATHER RELATED COLLISION’S –ONE INVOLVING A SCHOOL BUS Heyden, Ont., Of the six weather related collisions Sault Ste Marie OPP investigated yesterday, one of the collision involved a school bus with children on board.

JUST GETTING READY FOR “KOFFEE, KOPS AND KIDS” AT THE HUSKY’S Sault Ste Marie, Ont., It appears that everyone must be in a good festive mood all over the Sault Ste Marie OPP patrol area.