On the March 20th at approximately 5:15 am Police Officers attempted a traffic stop for a vehicle on McCrea St. The vehicle stopped briefly and then accelerated a short distance to the end of the street and slid into a snow bank. The driver exited the vehicle and began to run on foot in an easterly direction away from the vehicle. The male was located on Retta St. Officers had learned the car he was driving had been stolen from an east end residence. The male, Chicho Rubiano, age 28 of 12 Laurier Place was charged with Possession of Stolen Property over $5000.00. Additionally he was arrested and charged with Impaired Driving, Refusing to Provide Breath Samples and Breach of Probation. He will appear in bail court on March 22st.
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On March 20th Wesley Murray, age 21 of 20 Gemah St. Garden River, was arrested and charged with Failing to Attend for Fingerprints. He will appear in court on April 29th.
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The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service is seeking the public’s assistance in solving an armed robbery that occurred this morning at the TD Canada Trust Bank in the Cambrian Mall. At approximately 7:20 a.m. two males entered the bank and took an unconfirmed amount of cash. The suspects then fled the scene in an unknown vehicle. Both suspects are described as white males with balaclavas around their faces. Both were wearing dark coloured gloves, blue jeans and blue toques with a white pattern around them. One male was wearing a blue and white plaid “hunter style” coat and the second male was wearing a grey winter jacket with black patches on the shoulders.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service Criminal Investigations Division. We ask that anyone who may have observed a vehicle in the Cambrian Mall parking lot before 7:30 this morning please contact police with a description of that vehicle.
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A 13 year old male was charged by City Police on March 19th for Mischief. It is alleged he punched a hole in a wall in a west end group home he was residing in. He was subsequently released back to the group home and a few hours later Police were called back to the residence for a disturbance. The same youth was arrested for mischief, assault and breaching a condition of his release order which he was released on a few hours earlier. It is alleged he damaged some property of the residence, threatened to assault a female worker and was not abiding by the rules of the home. He will be appearing in Bail Court this morning.
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A 17 year old male was also charged by City Police last night and charged with Mischief and breaching a Youth Court Probation order. It is alleged he did some damage in his parental home and also breached his condition to not molest, harass or annoy his parents. He will be appearing in Youth Court on April 23rd.
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20 year old Kimberly Robinson of Batchewana Bay Ontario was arrested by City Police officers on March 19th on 6 charges. It is alleged Miss Robinson attempted to steal car stereo items from the Wal-Mart on Bay Street but was apprehended by store security. Upon further investigation she was found to be in possession of Oxcycodone and Seroquel. Her probation order had conditions for her to not possess any drugs. As a result she was charged with theft, possession of a narcotic, breaching her probation and another Fraud charge stemming from an earlier incident where it is alleged she tried to return property to Wal-Mart and collect money for items she never had originally purchased. She is scheduled for Bail Court this morning.
City Police arrested 22 year old Michael Gingras of Goulais River on the 19th of March and charged with the same offences as Kimberly Robinson relating to the theft charges from Wal-Mart. Mr. Gingras was also in possession of some cocaine and on probation with a condition not to attend Wal-Mart. He was also wanted on a warrant for unlawfully at large. He will be appearing in Bail Court as well later today.
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