OPP Beat

Quiet 24 Hours Sault Ste Marie OPP are reporting another relatively quiet 24 hours of crime fighting in our detachment area. Yesterday officers responded to several family disputes and a child custody situation.

Prohibited Driver Charged Blind River, Ont.) On Friday 04 Mar 05 at around 4:00 p.m. and officer form East Algoma O.P.P. saw a person, whom he recognized, operating a Motor vehicle. The officer believed that the person was a suspended driver.

Notice Telemarketing Fundraiser- Police Association of Ontario (Elliot Lake, Ontario) The Ontario Provincial Police wish to advise the public that the OPP is not associated with the Police Association of Ontario (PAO) fundraising campaign that is cur

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.

FATAL FIRE - UPDATE (Blind River, Ont.) East Algoma O.P.P. are still in the preliminary stages of the investigation and can only confirm that the victim in Tuesday’s residential fire in Blind River was 72-year-old Hans JENSEN of 172 Cobden Ave.

Fatal House Fire Investigation Underway (Blind River, Ont.) Shortly after 9:45 a.m. East Algoma O.P.P. were alerted to a house fire on Cobden Ave. in Blind River. Blind River Fire Dept and Ambulance personnel were already on the scene.

Confrontation Leads to Charges (Elliot Lake, Ont.) On Thursday, February 24, 2005 police received a call from a male complaining that he had been threatened.

Theft from vehicle (Serpent River First Nation Territory) - Sometime after 8 p.m. on the evening of the 24th a Serpent River resident had her vehicle damaged while at a meeting. Culprits had broken into her van and removed the owner’s purse.

Abandoned Animals Seized Heyden, Ont.,Sault Ste Marie OPP and the Humane Society were called to a Heyden home yesterday after receiving reports of abandoned animals.

Dangerous Drugs Stolen (Little Current, Ont.) – Manitoulin O.P.P. are presently investigating a theft from the Manitoulin Health Centre in Little Current, where a large number of pharmaceutical drugs were stolen on Wednesday the 23rd February 2005.