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Officers arrest 62-year-old man after dangerous driving incident
[432 words] 7/15/2025 3:56am
Just before 8:20 p.m. on July 13, 2025, our 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Centre was contacted by the Ontario Provincial Police regarding a dangerous driver. Information provided was that the OPP had received numerous complaints of a vehicle being driven erratically on Highway 17 traveling westbound. Officers in an unmarked vehicle located the vehicle on Elm Street at Durham Street. The vehicle w
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Officers arrest 20-year-old after dangerous driving incident
[377 words] 4/4/2025 6:59am
Just before 6:35 p.m. on April 3, 2025, an officer was driving a marked police cruiser in the area of Paris Street and Brady Street when a vehicle being driven at a high rate of speed went through a red light at the intersection. The officer activated the emergency lights and siren on the cruiser to conduct a traffic stop, however, the driver failed to stop and continued to drive the vehicle betwe
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R.I.D.E. Spot Checks in Chelmsford and Minnow Lake Lead to Multiple Impaired Driving Charges
[402 words] 3/24/2025 9:33am
On March 21 st, 2025, the Greater Sudbury Police Service Integrated Traffic Safety Unit conducted Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E.) spot checks in Chelmsford and Minnow Lake as part of an ongoing effort to ensure road safety and enforce driver sobriety. During the operation, officers screened 146 drivers, resulting in several charges and suspensions. These included three charges of Imp
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38-year-old man arrested for impaired operation twice in less than eight hours
[446 words] 11/26/2024 9:49am
Around 4:45 p.m. on November 25, 2024, officers were dispatched to Lorne Street at Martindale Road in relation to two collisions involving the same vehicle. Information provided was that the vehicle was traveling West on Lorne Street when it rear-ended another vehicle that was stopped at a red light. The driver of the vehicle then drove around the stopped vehicle onto Martindale Road where it stru
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Officers arrest and charge 29-year-old for numerous offences after theft of vehicle and collision
[381 words] 8/16/2024 5:06am
Around 6:15 a.m. this morning, August 16, 2024, officers were dispatched to Main Street in Lively in relation to a theft of motor vehicle. Information provided was that the driver of a pick-up truck had attended an establishment on Main Street and while inside the establishment an unknown individual entered the vehicle and drove off. The vehicle was last seen being driven on MR55 towards Copper Cl
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Early Morning Collision on Notre Dame Avenue at King Street Involving Pedestrian
[633 words] 10/22/2021 7:46am
Around 2:16 a.m. this morning, Friday, October 22 nd, 2021, we received a call in relation to a pedestrian who had been struck by a North-bound Honda CRV on Notre Dame Avenue at King Street. The 21-year old man suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries and was transported to Health Sciences North where he remains in stable condition. The driver of the Honda CRV, a 41-year old woman, susta
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Plain Clothes Blitz Results in 99 Charges
[386 words] 10/29/2020 7:44am
During National Teen Driver Safety Week, our Traffic Management Unit conducted a plain-clothes cell phone enforcement initiative in New Sudbury. In total, 99 charges were laid, which included 77 distracted driving (cell phone) charges. Out of those 77, only four were novice drivers. Many individuals caught using their cell phones while driving were either texting, changing the song on their playli
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High-Risk Vehicle Stop Leads to Arrest of Five Individuals Connected to Shooting
[550 words] 2/10/2020 6:51am
Just before 8:45 p.m. on Sunday, February 9, 2020, we received a call regarding a Weapons complaint at a residential complex on Whittaker Street. The information provided was that a man had been shot and the person responsible had fled the scene. Minutes later, Officers arrived on scene and confirmed that a 24 year old man had sustained a serious gunshot wound and was going to be transported to ho