Police

BY KEITH LACEY A man who brutally beat a grandfather and then strangled him to death during a drunken rage 20 months ago was given a seven-year penitentiary sentence Wednesday.

BY KEITH LACEY A Sudbury man caught with a large amount of disturbing child pornography was sentenced to six months in jail Thursday on top of the five months he's already spent behind bars.

Greater Sudbury Police are requesting public assistance in locating a couple of people reported missing. Serena Haryett, 14, was last seen at her residence Dec. 31 around 7:30 pm.

Officers from the Sudbury detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police were kept busy the night of Jan. 2, responding to three motor vehicle collisions in the same area on Hwy. 69.

BY KEITH LACEY After a seven-year battle, a provincial tribunal has ruled two Greater Sudbury men were discriminated against and had their human rights violated after being denied a disability pension based on the fact both are alcoholics.

Ex-wife became an advocate against domestic violence BY KEITH LACEY A Greater Sudbury police officer convicted of abusing his former wife - who became an outspoken advocate against domestic violence - made plenty of headlines in 2006.

BY KEITH LACEY This past year will be remembered, not so fondly, as one where Greater Sudbury lost its innocence when it came to one of the most destructive illicit drugs.

Starting Dec. 28 and continuing through the New Year's weekend, Greater Sudbury Police conducted spot checks throughout the city charging four people with impaired driving.

Public assistance is required in locating a 15-year-old girl who has been missing since Dec. 15. Alanah Harvey is approximately four-foot-nine with a light complexion. She is 100 pounds with blue eyes and shoulder length coloured blond hair.

Two people were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a double-stabbing on Jean St. in Sudbury Dec. 25.