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Officers arrest 27-year-old, man for murder – Lansdowne Street Homicide

UPDATE 3

Through the ongoing investigation into the murder of the 21-year-old, man on Lansdowne Street on April 6, 2025, officers identified the person believed to be responsible for the attack. Detectives in the Major Crime Section of our Criminal Investigation Division applied for and were granted an arrest warrant for 27-year-old, Joseph Alba from Southern Ontario.

Shortly after 2:00 p.m. on May 21, 2025, Detectives from GSPS with the assistance of the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA)...

Officers investigating suspicious fire at vacant building on Paris Street

Around 10:00 p.m. on May 21, 2025, our 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Centre (ECC) received a call from a City of Greater Sudbury Municipal Law Enforcement Officer regarding a structure fire at a vacant building on Paris Street.

Greater Sudbury Fire Services were dispatched to the scene to extinguish the fire while GSPS officers were dispatched to provide traffic control while firefighters were on scene.

Additional information provided was that multiple individuals were seen running from the...

Officers arrest driver on outstanding warrant and seize loaded handgun

Just before 8:00 p.m. on May 19, 2025, patrol officers observed a driver of a motor vehicle fail to stop at a stop sign in the west end of the city.

Officers in a marked police cruiser followed the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop shortly thereafter on Lorne Street.

Upon speaking with the driver, officers determined that she was wanted by the Ontario Provincial Police on an outstanding warrant for the following offences under the Criminal Code of Canada (CCC) and the Controlled Drugs and...

Officers arrest and charge seven drivers with impaired operations

Incident #1 

Around 5:05 p.m. on May 16, 2025, while patrolling the downtown, an officer conducted a Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) check on a motor vehicle. The MTO check showed that the permit of the vehicle had expired. The officer initiated a traffic stop and detected signs of impairment from the driver. 

The officers conducted a Standard Field Sobriety Test (SFST) on the driver, who performed poorly. The driver was arrested for impaired operation. An examination by a Drug Recognition...

Officers seize over $86,000 in illicit drugs and loaded handgun after traffic stop on Elm Street

Shortly before 12:00 p.m. on May 14, 2025, officers were dispatched to the area of Beech Street at Elm Street in relation to individuals and a vehicle believed to be involved in drug trafficking after City of Greater Sudbury Municipal By-law Officers contacted police.

Officers from Patrol Operations located the vehicle on Elm Street and conducted a traffic stop. When officers approached the vehicle to speak with the driver, they observed what were believed to be drugs on the front seat. While...