Monday, December 13, 2004

A Batchawana First Nation resident will appear in bail court this morning after assaulting a woman over the weekend.

On Sunday morning at about 1:30 a.m. police were called to a home on Frontenac Street on the Batchawana First Nation. Investigation has indicated that the woman was struck in the face and then forced down some stairs.A forty year old male resident of the Territory will appear in bail court this morning.He is charged with Assault, Forcible Confinement, Breach of Probation and two counts of Breach of an Undertaking.

The victim did suffer visible injuries in the assault but did not require immediate medical attention

OFFICERS NEARLY STRUCK AT R.I.D.E. CHECKS

Echo Bay, Ont.,

Two officers with the Sault Ste Marie Detachment were nearly struck by a speeding car over the weekend.

On Saturday morning at about 1:00 a.m officers were conducting R.I.D.E. checks on Church Street in Echo Bay. A southbound vehicle approached the officers at a high rate of speed. The vehicle did not stop at the check and both the officers had to jump out of the way of the vehicle to avoid being struck.

The driver stopped on her own a short distance from the checkpoint. Thirty four year old Paula Rivard of Sault Ste Marie was charged with Careless Driving.

R.I.D.E. checks at other locations in the surrounding areas over the weekends produced two 12 hour drivers licence suspensions.Two other drivers were charged with having open liquor in their vehicles.


Garden River First Nation, Ont.,

An early morning report of an erratic driving complaint resulted in the driver going into the ditch.

On Sunday morning at about 6:00 a.m. Sault Ste Marie OPP received a report from a motorist east of Echo Bay that a vehicle weaving all over the roadway. As the vehicle crossed the Echo River bridge the driver lost control of the car and the vehicle went into the ditch. The nineteen year old Sault Ste Marie man was taken back to the police station for breath tests and he blew just under the legal limit. He was issued a 12 hour drivers licence suspension and charged with Fail to Drive in Marked Lane under the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario.

Pancake Bay, Ont.,

No one was injured when a snowplow and a pick up truck were involved in a collision over the weekend.

On Saturday afternoon at about 4:45 p.m. the snowplow and the truck were both southbound on Hwy 17 near Pancake Bay. A pick up truck was in the process of passing the plow when the driver of the pick up truck lost control of his vehicle. The pick up started slid into the front of the plow and the pick up then struck the plow. Both vehicles ended up in the ditch. This collision is still under investigation.




FOOD DRIVE FOR SOUP KITCHEN A HUGE SUCCESS

Sault Ste Marie, Ont.,

A cooperative food drive for the Sault Ste Marie Soup Kitchen on Saturday was a huge success.

On Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. officers with the Sault Ste Marie OPP Detachment and the Sault Ste Marie OPP Auxiliary Unit were at Rome’s Independent Grocers for a ‘STUFF A CRUISER” event.All proceeds were for the Sault Ste Marie Soup Kitchen.

At the end of the day the generous people of Sault Ste Marie donated enough food to completely stuff one large OPP Excursion and two OPP cruisers.Just to add to the Christmas season, the staff at Rome’s donated several boxes of food products and Kelly and Steve Rome matched their staff’s contribution.

Thank you to everyone who dug a little deeper into their wallets at this time of year for the Soup Kitchen.