Posts Tagged ‘northwestern ontario police’

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]

THUNDER BAY, ON –  Thunder Bay OPP and the North West Region Highway Safety Division will be looking for driver’s and occupants who are not buckled up during the provincial seatbelt campaign that runs from April 14th – 22nd 2012. Throughout the campaign, Officers will be conducting [Read more]

SCHREIBER IMPAIRED DRIVER CHARGED NIPIGON, ON –During the weekend of March 30 – April 1, 2012 Nipigon and Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP): Responded to 29 calls for service; Issued 48 Provincial Offence Notices; Investigated 2 motor vehicle collisions; Conducted 4 R.I.D.E. [Read more]

NIPIGON, ON – March 18 2012 at 4:15 p.m., Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of an assault from a woman walking her infant in the Town of Nipigon.  The woman was pushing her child in a stroller on Bell Street when a beer can was thrown at them from a passing motor [Read more]

NIPIGON, ON –During the weekend of March 16 to March 18, 2012 Nipigon and Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP): issued numerous Provincial Offence Notices responded to 30 calls for service conducted 4 R.I.D.E. checks investigated 2 motor vehicle collisions Saturday, March 17 at 11:10 p.m. [Read more]

TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO DRUG SEIZURE MARATHON, ON – Friday March 16, 2012 an officer from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle travelling Westbound on Highway 17  in Pic Township, East of Marathon in the District of Thunder Bay. During the [Read more]

WAWA, ON –  March 18th, 2012 the Ontario Provincial Police Superior East Wawa Detachment were advised by a local complainant of a possible telephone scam.  The complainant reported that multiple calls were made to their home advising they had won a lottery inLas Vegas,Nevada.  The caller had [Read more]

MARATHON, ON – March 7, 2012 the Manitouwadge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were notified that an ice fishing hut on Nagagami Lake was broken into and ice fishing equipment was stolen. After investigating the incident and getting information from the victim and witnesses, Manitouwadge OPP [Read more]

OPP REMIND DRIVERS TO STAY SAFE With the recent spring like conditions our highways are clear and dry allowing for safe traveling. Often with these dry conditions drivers concentrate less on good driving habits and more on getting to their destination. Members of the OPP Highway Safety Division [Read more]

NIPIGON, ON – Yesterday (March 8th, 2012) members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Unit executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act warrant at a residence on Steele Avenue in the Town of Red Rock. After investigation and a search of the [Read more]

DRIVER CHARGED WITH STUNT DRIVING AND VEHICLE IMPOUNDED FOR 7 DAYS MARATHON ON – Friday March 2, 2012, at 6:30 pm, a Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was conducting radar enforcement on Highway 17 near the Black River bridge approximately 15 kms east of Marathon, Ontario. The [Read more]

WAWA, ON – Monday February 27, 2012 at 10:22 pm, Ontario Provincial Police responded to a call on Highway 17  in Bailloquet Township just North of Wawa.  Upon arrival the OPP had occasion to speak with a male observed driving a motor vehicle.  The driver, Kenneth BREZENSKI age 57 of Wawa, [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]

MANITOUWADGE, ON – February 8, 2012 approximately 4:30 pm members of the Manitouwadge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) accompanied the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) to a residence in Manitouwadge to assist with an investigation. While in the residence, OPP officers observed [Read more]

SCHREIBER, ON – January 23, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call of a missing person from a residence in Terrace Bay,Ontario. Greg MUCKADAY, a 31 year old male, was last seen during the early morning hours of January 23 at his residence in the town of [Read more]