Friday, December 31, 2010

Person to appear in bail court:

Yesterday afternoon members of the Sault Ste Marie Police Service attended at the O.P.P. Elliott Lake detachment to pick up a 20-year-old female that had been arrested on warrants. It is alleged that the accused failed to appear for court on February 29th, 2008 on charges of assault and possession of property obtained by crime. The female (name withheld as person was a minor at the time of the offenses) is charged with one count of failing to appear in court, one count of possession of property obtained by crime and one count of assault.

Male arrested for assault.

Early this morning members of the Sault Ste Marie Police Service attended at an east end address and arrested a 40-year-old male for assault. It is alleged that the accused assaulted a family member by grabbing and forcing the victim to the ground. The victim did not require medical attention. The accused is charged with one count of assault and is to appear in court on February 7th at 9:00 am.

Property crimes:

Mischief:

City police investigated two reports of apartments being damaged. The incidents occurred in the 500 block of Morin St. – where the apartment door was damaged and in the 300 block of Albert St. E. where a window was damaged.
Vehicles were damaged in the following locations:
The300 block of wellington St. E.
The 100 block of Old Garden River Rd.
The 100 block of Henrietta St.

Theft:

A purse was stolen from an establishment in the 700 block of Pine St.
Two vehicles were reported entered. The first incident occurred in the 100 block of Maple St. and the second took place in the 100 block of Thorneloe Dr. Electronic items were taken from both vehicles.

If you have any information regarding these crimes or any other crime, call Crime Stoppers at 942-7867 or 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS); submit an e-tip from the Crime Stoppers web site at www.saultcrimestoppers.com or text keyword SSM with your tip to 274637.

Note to Public planning on celebrating the arrival of the New Year:

If you are planning on going out tonight and celebrating the arrival of the New Year please remember that the Sault Ste Marie Police Service will be out there with you, in the form of the R.I.D.E. Program.
Make sure you don’t start the year off on a sour note – DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE. If you are going out and find that you’ve had too much to drink take public transit, call for a taxi or call a friend to take you home.

The Sault Ste Marie Transit advises that the last bus will be leaving the Dennis St. terminal at 11:45 pm.
There will not be any bus service on New Year’s Day.

Taxi companies advise that they will be extremely busy on New Year’s Eve and into New Year’s Day. It is estimated that there will be approximately 45 taxis responding to over one thousand calls in Sault Ste Marie for the peak hours. It is recommended that you have a call back number (cell phone?) for the taxi company to call you back when you ride has been dispatched.
An average cross town fare will cost between $ 30.00 and $ 40.00.
Getting arrested for impaired driving will cost you a lot more.

The Community Service Office will be closed on Monday January 3rd.

From all the staff of the Sault Ste Marie Police Service please have a safe and Happy New Year.