sault ste marie Detachment
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IMPAIRED DRIVING CHARGES LAID ON A SAULT STE. MARIE RESIDENCE
Sault Ste. Marie 6/15/2026 9:40am
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested and charged one person with impaired driving after responding to a traffic complaint. On Saturday, June 13, 2026, at approximately 10:50 pm, members from the Nipissing West (Sudbury) Detachment of the OPP, responded to a complaint of a possible impaired driver on Highway 17, Sudbury. The vehicle was located and the driver, Suzanne R...
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OPP LAYS MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING DANGEROUS OPERATION
Sault Ste. Marie 6/8/2026 2:40pm
A driver of a stolen vehicle is facing multiple charges after failing to stop for police and driving dangerously through multiple jurisdictions. On Sunday, June 7, 2026, at approximately 12:00 pm, members of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service, the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), and the Anishinabek Police Service (...
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PERSON ARRESTED AFTER GOULAIS RIVER BREAK & ENTERS
Sault Ste. Marie 4/10/2026 11:50am
An individual is facing multiple charges after two businesses were broken into in Goulais River. On April 8, 2026, at approximately 4:35 am, the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were notified of a break and enter to a business on Highway 17 North. Shortly after, police were dispatched to a second break and enter to a nearby business, also...
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SAULT STE. MARIE OPP INVESTIGATES FATAL FIRE
Sault Ste. Marie 3/13/2026 10:00pm
Two people have died in a structure fire in Echo Bay. On March 13, 2026 at approximately 3:51 pm, the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with the Echo Bay & Townships Volunteer Fire Department and the Sault Ste. Marie Paramedic Services, responded to a fire at a residence on Highway 17B. Two individuals were located deceased inside the st...
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SEARCH WARRANTS EXECUTED IN SAULT STE. MARIE AND SEARCHMONT
Sault Ste. Marie 1/26/2026 1:35pm
Recently, officers with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) carried out a multi-jurisdictional Controlled drugs and Substances Act investigation in and around the city of Sault Ste. Marie. On December 4, 2025, the Sault Ste. Marie OPP Crime Unit and Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), along with the OPP Provincial Operations Intelligence Bureau, with assistance from th...
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SAULT STE. MARIE OPP INVESTIGATES FATAL SNOWMOBILE COLLISION
Sault Ste. Marie 12/10/2025 10:00pm
The Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is continuing their investigation into a fatal collision that occurred in Goulais River. On December 9, 2025, at approximately 11:15 pm, the Sault Ste. Marie OPP responded to a serious, single motorized snow vehicle (MSV) collision on McGaughan Road. The driver of the MSV, a 50-year-old person from G...
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SEARCHMONT RESIDENT CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT
Sault Ste. Marie 10/30/2025 10:30am
On October 23, 2025, at approximately 3:10 pm, the Sault Ste. Marie and East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Crime Units made an arrest following a sexual assault investigation. The investigation began on September 30, 2025 when police received a complaint of a sexual assault, which occurred on Whitefish Island in Batchewana First Nation. Extensive police inves...
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MULTIPLE CHARGES LAID IN HISTORICAL INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE INVESTIGATION
Sault Ste. Marie 9/10/2025 12:06pm
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has arrested and charged one person following a historical intimate partner violence investigation. Members of the OPP North West Region Crime Unit investigated incidents that took place in Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg (Pic Mobert First Nation) and the City of Sault Ste. Marie over a number of years. As a result of the investigation, a...
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INDIVIUAL CHARGED WITH IMPAIRED AFTER BEING WARNED NOT TO DRIVE
Sault Ste. Marie 8/8/2025 11:00am
Despite a police warning, a driver chose to get behind the wheel after consuming alcoholic beverages. On August 4, 2025, at approximately 2:40 am, an officer with the Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police was conducting general patrol on Highway 17 near Belleau Lake Road. An individual who appeared highly intoxicated approached the police cruiser and req...
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SAULT STE. MARIE OPP INVESTIGATES THREE IMPAIRED INCIDENTS IN JULY
Sault Ste. Marie 8/8/2025 9:45am
The Sault Ste. Marie detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged three drivers with a total of seven impaired-related offences in July. All incidents occurred north of the city, in the afternoon or early evening hours. On July 11, 2025, at approximately 6:03 pm, Sault Ste. Marie OPP officers were notified of a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 556...
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DRIVER ARRESTED FOR BEING IMPAIRED IN A STOLEN VEHICLE
Sault Ste. Marie 8/6/2025 6:25pm
An individual is facing numerous criminal charges after a single motor vehicle collision north of the city. On July 17, 2025, at approximately 3:37 am, the Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a stolen vehicle occurrence at the Searchmont Community Centre and Fire Hall. While en route to the call, officers were notified that Searchmont Community Vol...
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SAULT STE. MARIE OPP INVESTIGATES FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION
Sault Ste. Marie 8/6/2025 10:10am
The Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is continuing their investigation into a fatal collision that occurred in Goulais River. On July 20, 2025, at approximately 4:14 pm, the Sault Ste. Marie OPP responded to a serious two-vehicle collision on Highway 17, near Old Highway 17 Road. One of the vehicle drivers, a 72-year-old from Sault Ste. M...
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DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER LEAVING COLLISION SCENE
Sault Ste. Marie 7/16/2025 9:01am
An individual is facing numerous charges after failing to remain at the scene of a motor vehicle collision. On July 14, 2025, at approximately 3:29 pm, officers with the Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police were notified of a single vehicle collision on Highway 563 in Batchawana Bay. Witnesses reported observing a motorcycle lose control, collide with a ditch and...
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DRIVING CHARGED FOR PROVIDING FALSE IDENTITY TO POLICE
Sault Ste. Marie 7/4/2025 3:00pm
A suspended driver is facing criminal charges following a traffic stop east of Sault Ste. Marie. On June 20, 2025, at approximately 2:21 pm, an officer with the Sault Ste. Marie detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police was conducting general patrol on Highway 17 in Garden River First Nation, when they observed an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) travelling at a...