MARATHON ON –On Saturday April 30, 2011, at 3:15am, Marathon Ontario Provincial Police officers were dispatched regarding possible persons drinking inside a motor vehicle in the town of Marathon. The officers located the vehicle driving on Hemlo Drive and conducted a traffic stop on the [Read more]
MARATHON, ON- The Ontario Provincial Police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) are warning the public about a “tax refund scam” that is becoming more prevalent across Canada. Crooks target their victims by e-mail or phone, posing as “Canada Revenue Agency” claiming that your tax [Read more]
ORILLIA, ON – On July 1, 2011, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be acquiring the services of Ontario Impound Facility Operators (IFC) to provide towing services under a new Vehicle Impoundment Program (VIP) authority. The OPP will be tendering these services out through a Request for [Read more]
EARLY MORNING IMPAIRED DRIVER ARRESTED NIPIGON, ON–During the weekend of April 29 to May 1, 2011 Nipigon and Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to 32 calls for service and issued 39 Provincial Offence Notices. Police conducted 3 R.I.D.E. checks. Nipigon OPP charged one driver [Read more]
FROM/DE: Greenstone OPP DATE: April 28, 2011 Geraldton, ON – April 23, 2011, Ontario Provincial Police Greenstone Detachment was called to a disturbance at hotel in Geraldton. While on route officers learned [Read more]
MARATHON, ON –On April 16, 2011 the Marathon / Manitouwadge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a search warrant under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act at a residence on Flicker Avenue in Manitouwadge. As a result of the warrant a quantity of marijuana with an estimated street value [Read more]
FROM/DE: Nipigon Detachment DATE: April 18, 2011 MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION CLOSES HIGHWAY NIPIGON, ON –During the weekend of April 15 to April 17, 2011 Nipigon/Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to forty four [Read more]
Release: 16 April 2011 Re: Hwy #17 OPEN – TERRACE BAY – WHITE RIVER Thunder Bay, ON – Hwy # 17 is OPEN between Terrace Bay and White River to both directions of traffic. The Ontario Provincial Police would like to remind [Read more]
Geraldton, ON – On the April 11, 2011 members of the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment and the North West Region Forensic Identification Unit investigated a break and enter at the Get In Gear/ Sears outlet in the Town of Geraldton. Various electronic equipment and Canadian [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON. –During the early morning hours of Sunday April 3, 2011 Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) initiated an investigation of an assault that occurred in the area of Simcoe Plaza, Terrace Bay, Ontario. While walking home from a social event a male was confronted and then [Read more]
OPP CHARGE MARATHON MAN WITH POSSESSION, ACCESSING, MAKING AVAILABLE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY MARATHON, ON – Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Child Sexual Exploitation Section (Project “P”), Electronic Crime Section and Marathon Detachment have arrested and charged a Marathon man [Read more]
THEFT OF CELL PHONE Young person Charged CHAPLEAU, ON – March 28, 2011 Superior East OPP in Chapleau investigated a theft of a cell phone at a cell phone at a residence on Aberdeen Street. Investigation revealed that a young male had attended the residence earlier in the day and allegedly [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON On March 25, 2011 at approximately 3:40 pm members of the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment conducted a traffic stop on Highway # 11 near the Long Lake # 58 First Nation. The 35 year old male passenger from Long Lake # 58 First Nation was found to be in breach [Read more]
OPP CHARGE OFFICER WITH CRIMINAL OFFENCES THUNDER BAY, ON – A member of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) from North West Region has been charged following an investigation by the OPP Professional Standards Bureau (PSB). The investigation was initiated December 29, 2010 when OPP PSB was [Read more]
FROM/DE: Sioux Lookout Detachment DATE: March 19, 2011 Death Investigation Sioux Lookout, ON – On March 18, 2011 the Sioux Lookout Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were advised of a missing 11 year old female. [Read more]
