Tuesday, May 22, 2007

BREAK AND ENTERS HIGHLIGHT THE LONG WEEKEND

(Echo Bay, Ont.) Sault Ste Marie OPP were kept busy investigating break and enters over the long weekend.

Sometime during the darkened hours of Sunday night and Monday morning thieves traveled the back roads of Echo Bay and Laird Twp breaking into unoccupied homes and outbuildings.

On Sunday morning a resident of Cottage Road in Echo Bay awoke to see a suspicious person and vehicle in their driveway. When the homeowner questioned the person they left the area. It was later discovered that six camps and outbuildings on Cottage Road were entered throughout the night and property stolen from the camps.

Police received another call of a break and enter in Laird Township later in the morning. It appears that thieves entered a garage during the same time frame and took a quantity of tools and alcohol from the garage. The property owners were home and asleep at the time of the theft.

TWO BREAK AND ENTERS IN RED ROCK AREA

(Dennis Twp, Ont.) OPP are also investigating two break and enters to seasonal homes in the Red Rock area of Dennis Township.

It appears that sometime in the past four days thieves traveled out to the end of Maki Road in the area known locally as Red Rock. They found two seasonal homes that were not occupied and broke into the homes.

PANCAKE BAY BREAK AND ENTERS

(Pancake Bay, Ont.) OPP were called to break and enters on Pancake Shore Drive in the Pancake Bay area of Batchawana.

Sometime since Wednesday 16 May 2007 thieves forced their way into five homes in this isolated area of Pancake Bay. Doors and windows were forced open and numerous items from alcohol to power tools were stolen.


OFFICER DRAGGED DOWN ROAD BY DRUNK ATV DRIVER

(Echo Bay, Ont.) An officer with the Sault Ste Marie OPP Detachment was dragged about fifty feet down the road after he tried to stop a drunk on an ATV.

On Friday 18 May 2007 at about midnight officers with the Sault Ste Marie OPP Detachment were conducting R.I.D.E. checks on Church Street in Echo Bay.

A man on a three wheeled ATV approached the spot check and refused several demands to stop. He drove the ATV onto the sidewalk in an attempt to get away from the officers. One officer grabbed the man by the shoulder and arm. The driver continued to accelerate the machine and dragged the officer about fifty feet down the sidewalk and roadway.

The machine with the officer and operator eventually rolled onto its side and stopped.

Twenty four year old Calvin John DOHERTY of 44 Calabogie Road in Echo Bay now faces a long list of charges. He has been charged with Driving While Over the Legal Limit of .08, Driving While Under Suspension, Failing to Stop For Police, Driving With No Helmet, Driving With No Licence Plate and No Insurance. The accused has been scheduled to appear in court on June 25, 2007.

The officer involved suffered minor injuries in this incident.

IMPAIRED WITH A CHILD IN THE VEHICLE

(Laird Township, Ont.) An Echo Bay woman has been charged with drinking and driving over the weekend and a child was in the car with her.

On Sunday 19 May 2007 at about 10:00 p.m. the officer was patrolling Lakeview Road in Laird Township. The officer noticed a vehicle leaving a private drive in a manner that caught his attention. As the officer approached the vehicle he saw a small child about five years old in the vehicle.

The driver showed indicators that she had been drinking. A test at the scene revealed that the driver would be taken to the police station for further testing. A relative of the child attended the scene and took care of the five year old. Further testing at the station alleges that the driver was over the legal limit to be driving.

Forty one year old Denise COOPER of Bar River Road in Echo Bay has been charged with one count of Driving While Over the Legal Limit of .08. She will appear in court on June 18, 2007.


LOTS OF TICKETS FROM THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SAULT OPP

(Sault Ste Marie, Ont.) Between break and enters, impaired drivers and all the other occurrences this weekend, the men and women station at the Sault Ste Marie OPP detachment managed to write a few tickets this long weekend.

From Friday night to Monday at midnight officers wrote ninety seven tickets. Most of the tickets were for drivers who feel they didn’t have to abide by the speed limit. Other tickets were for people who felt they should be able to wander wherever they feel like with open liquor.