Thursday, March 3, 2005

Beware of 'You Are A Winner!'

(East Algoma – Thessalon) The East Algoma – Thessalon OPP are currently investigating a complaint involving a citizen receiving numerous letters advising them that they are CASH WINNERS.

The letters state that the mail recipient has won anywhere from $500,000 to $1,000,000 dollars. To date five letters have been received in the area. All of the letters are requesting that the recipient send money first before they can receive the cash prize. The letters were received from the United States. The return addresses include cities in Nevada and Missouri.

The OPP wants to remind area citizens to be wary of letters stating that you have won a large amount of money. Do not send any money or give any further information.

REMEMBER IF IT LOOKS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT LIKELY IS!!!

Sault Man Charged With Assault On S.T.O.P. Officer

Heyden, Ont., A thirty nine year old Sault Ste Marie man has been charged after a S.T.O.P. officer was assaulted on the snow machine trails

On 23 Feb 2005 the S.T.O.P. officers, along with members of the Sault Ste Marie City Police, were on patrol of the snow machine trails in the Heyden area. The accused got into a verbal confrontation with the S.T.O.P. officer that escalated to the assault.

The officer was assault in the upper body by the accused. As a result of this investigation thirty nine year old Micheal Huffman of Sault Ste Marie has been charged with Assault. He will appear in court in March to answer to the charge.


Batchawana Band Office Entered

Batchawana First Nation, Ont., Officers with the Sault Ste Marie OPP were called to the Batchawana First Nation Territory after the Band Office was discovered to have been illegally entered during the night.

Yesterday at about 8:00 a.m. officers arrived and found that a rear window of the office had been smashed and several other offices in the building had been entered and vandalized. So far no one has been able to determine exactly what is missing from the office.

The investigation has been handed over to the Batchawana First Nation Police for further investigation.