OPP Beat

The OPP responded to a mischief complaint on Beckerton Shooting Range Road in the Town of Spanish after a power company reported multiple copper wire thefts from utility poles over the past several weeks

OPP were called to Goulais River Saturday afternoon

An investigation revealed further provincial offences under the Highway Traffic Act

The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service and OPP lay more than 200 criminal charges in months-long drug trafficking investigation dubbed Project Kentucky

Police investigating 11 incidents in past six months that they believe are related

'The officer observed one of the individuals place what appeared to be a beer can in the snowbank, enter the driver seat of the stuck motor vehicle and attempt to drive it'

A total of six criminal offences were laid on the drivers

On Thursday, officers with the Anishinabek Police Service Sagamok Detachment were dispatched to an unwanted persons call. The two unwanted men left before police arrived, but officers located them a short time later, APS said in a social media post.

OPP stopped and inspected a commercial motor vehicle on Highway 11 in Temagami, resulting in numerous charges and the vehicle being placed out of service

While committing that crime, OPP said the man was also carrying $18,000 in illegal drugs and a variety of bladed weapons