MARATHON ON –On Friday September 7, 2012 approximately 12:15 am, a Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was on patrol in the Town of Marathon. The officer observed a black Jeep SUV being driven in an erratic manner and stopped the vehicle to check the sobriety of the driver. The [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Monday August 20, 2012 officers with the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were advised that a dark grey Dodge Caravan bearing an unknown marker was travelling westbound on Highway #17 from the White River area. Officers were advised that the vehicle was involved in a [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Advisory: Location: Hwy #17 between Nipigon and Schreiber has been fully reopened. All of Hwy #17 is now open. [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Saturday February 18, 2012 at 09:50 pm, Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) officers conducted a R.I.D.E. program on Peninsula Road in the Town of Marathon. While conducting the R.I.D.E. 2 snowmobiles approached the location. One snow machine tried to evade police but was stopped a [Read more]
MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION July 28th, 2010 (MARATHON, ON.) –On July 27, 2010 at 03:20pm the Marathon OPP responded to a motor vehicle collision that occurred on a bush trail located behind 22 Poplar Crescent in the Town of Marathon. The collision involved an ATV and a dirt bike that were travelling [Read more]
MALE CHARGED WITH IMPAIRED BY DRUG (MARATHON, ON.) –On July 14, 2010 at 02:25am the Marathon OPP responded to a call of a possible impaired driver on Highway 17 in Marathon Township. The motor vehicle was located at the Peninsula Inn with 2 occupants. After officers spoke to the driver and an [Read more]
