MARATHON, ON – On Friday May 19, 2017 at approximately 7:00 a.m. members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a vehicle collision west of Marathon at Highway 17, Township of Coldwell. A west bound vehicle collided with the rear trailer wheels of an east bound tractor [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – On March 18, 2017 at approximately 8:00am, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a theft of gas which had occurred in White River, ON. The suspect truck involved, a black Dodge Ram, was reported to be travelling westbound towards Marathon. OPP officers [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – On Wednesday, March 16, 2017 at approximately 12:40 pm, Marathon and Manitouwadge members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were advised of a plane crash that happened on Tuesday, March 15, 2017 at 11:38 pm approximately 60 km East of Marathon. The crash site was located [Read more]
MARATHON, ON –The weekend of December 17 and 18, 2016 resulted in three drivers charged with impaired driving related offences by members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment, after traffic stops were conducted. On December 17, 2016 at approximately 1:00 a.m. officers [Read more]
MARATHON, ON –December 16, 2016 at approximately 8:15 a.m. there was a report of a structure fire in the Town of Marathon. Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment attended 1 Stevens Avenue, Marathon, where an abandoned apartment building, known as the Everest Bayview [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – September 30, 2016 at approximately 7:30 p.m., members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigated a report of a break and enter at Highway 17, Town of Marathon. A male subject that had unlawfully gained entry into a building was located and arrested by [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – October 4, 2016 at approximately 2:50 p.m. members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment received a report of a suspicious male in the Town of Marathon. Officers attended a public building on Peninsula Road, Marathon and located the male who was the subject [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – October 3, 2016 members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment received a report of a suspicious male in the Town of Marathon. A female reported to police that at approximately 10:00 p.m. she was walking on the trails in the Town of Marathon, and she observed [Read more]
Male Located MARATHON, ON – On September 26, 2016 at approximately 12:49am Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was contacted regarding a missing 67-year–old male from Marathon identified as Greg WITZELL. The male had left his hunt camp, located 20 kms up the North Regan Road the [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – On September 26, 2016 at approximately 12:49am Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was contacted regarding a missing 67-year–old male from Marathon identified as Greg WITZELL. The male had left his hunt camp, located 20 kms up the North Regan Road the afternoon of September [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – On Thursday June 2, 2016 at approximately 10:05 a.m. members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Schreiber detachment conducted a traffic stop at Highway 17, town of Terrace Bay, to investigate a report of theft. The male driver was spoken to briefly by officers and then fled [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Due to the increase number of All Terrain Vehicles (ATV) and Off Road Vehicles/Side by Sides (ORV) at this time of year, Members of the Marathon/Manitouwadge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are reminding ATV/ORV operators of the requirements to operate these in Ontario. The OPP are [Read more]
MARATHON, ON –On February 2, 2016 at approximately 3:00 p.m. members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon Detachment conducted a R.I.D.E. program at Highway 17, Township of Marathon. A west bound commercial motor vehicle was stopped and after speaking to the male driver, an [Read more]
MARATHON, ON –Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Manitouwadge Detachment, with the assistance of the North West Region Crime Unit, conducted a sexual assault investigation involving victims under the age of 16. Two separate events were reported to police, one on January 10, 2016 and [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) advise that Highway 17 at Pic River Bridge is now open. The bridge was re-opened as of 2255 hrs (10:55pm). _____________ Motorists are reminded not to call O.P.P. Provincial Communication Centres for road advisory updates or road [Read more]
