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53-year-old charged with impaired operation causing death after fatal collision on Skead Road

Around 3:00 a.m. on June 17, 2023, officers were dispatched to a serious two-vehicle, head-on collision on Skead Road, North of Pipeline Road.

Police, City of Greater Sudbury Fire Services and City of Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services arrived on scene and located three parties trapped in the two vehicles. The two individuals in the vehicle that crossed the centre line were extricated from the vehicle by Fire Services and were transported to hospital by Paramedic Services.

Unfortunately, the...

30-year-old arrested and charged after incident on Morrison Avenue

Around 2:10 p.m. on September 2, 2023, officers were dispatched to a residence on Morrison Avenue in relation to a disturbance. Upon arrival, officers were told that the individual involved in the disturbance had left the area prior to police arrival. It was determined that the individual was wanted on two outstanding arrest warrants for Uttering Threats to Cause Death or Bodily Harm and Assault.

Around 3:50 p.m. the individual returned to the residence and police were notified. Officers set up...

70 Charges Laid Over Long Weekend during R.I.D.E. Program

The weather was hot over the long weekend… driving was not!

The GSPS Traffic Management Unit, Rural Community Response Unit along with R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) Officers were out over the long weekend targeting impaired and aggressive drivers. In four days, 70 charges were laid in Greater Sudbury.

A breakdown of those charges are as follows:

• Dangerous Driving – 1
• Assault Police Officer – 1
• Flight from Police – 1
• Impaired Drivers – 3
• Operate motor vehicle BAC over 80 – 3
• Stunt...

Loaded Firearm and Fentanyl Seized During Search Warrant on Adie Street

Two people are facing multiple drug and firearm related charges after the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG) executed a search warrant in Sudbury.

On August 30, 2023, members of PGNG, in partnership with the OPP Sudbury Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, and the Greater Sudbury Police Service (GSPS) Intelligence Unit, executed a search warrant at a residence on Adie Street. This was part of an ongoing joint investigation which...

DEU seizes over $62,500 in drugs and two firearms during search warrant on Bulmer Avenue

This summer, Detectives from the Greater Sudbury Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) began an investigation into individuals believed to be trafficking illicit drugs in Greater Sudbury.

Shortly before 5:00 a.m. on August 30, 2023, members of the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) along with members of the Integrated Crime Section (ICS) conducted a search warrant at a residence on Bulmer Avenue.

In total, officers seized over 135 grams of Fentanyl, over 80 grams of Cocaine, a handgun, a...