Monday, December 11, 2006

YES—LOVE CAN BE A “PANE”

Searchmont, Ont.,

Sault Ste Marie OPP were called to Searchmont Resort last night after a fight between seven people.

At about 10:30 p.m. last night five people were told to leave the bar area by the bar tender. As the group was nearing the exit, two girls started to fight each other. One of the two girls was pushed through a pane of glass in a showcase. Two young men that were accompanying the group tried to break up the fight between the two girls. It is alleged that two other young men, not with the original group, then started to scrap with the first set of men. Although some of the details are still a little sketchy, it appears that the two girls started fighting over the affections of one of the young men in the group.

Security staff at the Resort kicked the entire group out of the building and police were called. Officers located most, but not all, of the combatants leaving the scene on the Searchmont highway. An agreement was made to make immediate restitution to the resort for the broken pane of glass.

None of the involved parties that were located appeared to be suffering any injuries. All of the suspects were from the Upper Peninsula area of Michigan. OPP did charge one of the females with drinking under age.

JOINT R.I.D.E WITH THE CITY POLICE

Sault Ste Marie, Ont.,

Members of the OPP Traffic and Marine Unit teamed up with the Sault Ste Marie City Police last night for a joint R.I.D.E check

Officers from both forces set up R.I.D.E. checks throughout the entire city and out in the Heyden area. At the end of the night the OPP Traffic and Marine Unit issued four 12 hour drivers licence suspensions. One person was found with open liquor in the vehicle and charged accordingly.

The Festive R.I.D.E. checks will continue every day until after New Years

ECHO BAY’S BART SIMPSON CHARGED WITH DRINKING AND DRIVING

Echo Bay, Ont.,

Officers with the OPP Traffic and Marine Unit have charged an Echo Bay man with a drinking and driving offence yesterday.

At about 2:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon an officer with the OPP Traffic and Marine Unit stopped an ATV (all terrain vehicle) traveling on Hwy 638 just north of Echo Bay. The officer found indicators that the driver of the ATV had been drinking. The driver was given a roadside test and he failed the test. He was returned to the Sault Ste Marie OPP Detachment where an Intoxilyzer test confirmed that his blood alcohol was indeed over the legal limit. Further investigation revealed that the man’s driver’s licence was suspended.

As a result of this investigation forty seven (47) year old Bart Duncan SIMPSON, of Hwy 638 in Echo Bay has been charged with Driving While Over the Legal Limit and Driving under Suspension.


JOINT R.I.D.E. CHECKS ARE FINDING MORE THAN DRUNK DRIVERS

Sault Ste Marie, Ont.,

Again last night officers with the OPP Traffic and Marine Unit teamed up with the Sault Ste Marie City Police to conduct joint R.I.D.E. checks both in and outside the city’s boundaries.

Last night and into this morning officers checked an estimated 745 vehicles at different locations north of Sault Ste Marie and within the city limits.

While checking one vehicle at these checkpoints, officers with the OPP found one car to have open liquor in the vehicle. Further investigation found that the licence plates on the vehicle were not registered to that vehicle and that the driver did not have a drivers licence. When questioned about the validity of the insurance particulars the driver admitted to not having insurance on the vehicle.

The vehicle was towed from the checkpoint and a sixteen year old Sault Ste Marie youth walked away from the area with a handful of tickets for various offences.


MORE ROADSIDE TESTS BUT NO CHARGES

Searchmont, Ont.,

Last night at about 11:00 p.m. officers with the Sault Ste Marie OPP Detachment conducted R.I.D.E. checks at the intersection of Ranger Lake Road and the Searchmont highway. In one hour the officers administered four roadside breath tests and all four drivers passed the roadside breath tests. No charges were laid at this particular R.I.D.E. spot check.

ASSAULT LANDS WOMAN IN BAIL COURT

Batchewana First Nation, Ont.,

Members of the Batchewana First Nation Police and the Anishinabek Police Service took a woman into custody last night for an assault on the Batchewana First Nation Territory.

At about 8:00 p.m. last night police from the two services were called to a home on Gran Street on the Batchewana First Nation. Officers found a male resident of the home had been assaulted and had a cut on his face.

As a result of this investigation police took a thirty two year old woman into custody. She has been arrested for assault and will appear in bail court this morning. The victim did not attend a medical center for treatment of the facial injury.