Police

Police are investigating a robbery at Byrnes Gulf Service Station on Notre Dame St. in Azilda Dec. 15 around 8:30 pm. According to Greater Sudbury Police, the culprit made off with an undisclosed amount of money and fled the scene on foot.

Greater Sudbury Police officers continued holiday-season spot checks this past weekend, stopping 733 vehicles. Of those, 62 drivers were given roadside tests to determine their blood-alcohol content.

Members of Sudbury family are still in the hospital recovering from their injuries after an explosion at a hunt camp on Manitoulin Island Dec. 6.

A 21-year-old Sudbury man was arrested after he was denied a ride from Operation Red Nose but still got behind the wheel.

City crews are taking advantage of mild weather Dec. 14 to apply permanent asphalt patches on sections of Notre Dame Ave., Lasalle Blvd. and Highway 69 N. Motorists are advised of traffic delays until 3 pm in the following areas: Notre Dame Ave.

Three people have been charged after the Greater Sudbury Police Joint Forces Drug Team executed a serach warrant at a house on O'Neil Dr. in Garson Dec. 11. Police found 27.5 pounds of marajuana, 487 grams of marajuana shake, 3.

The Ontario Provincial Police and the Temiskaming Shores Police Service has announced the re-issue of a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the disappearance of Melanie Ethier.

BY BILL BRADLEY Prisoners at the Sudbury Jail are under lockdown this week because guards suspect some of them were using illegal drugs over the weekend. “Over the weekend some jail staff noticed an odour that suggested drug use.

A fifth suspect wanted in connection with an attack at 744 Bruce St. Dec. 9 in Sudbury has been arrested. According to police, a 29-year-old Sudbury man was lured into the residence when he was attacked with a steel pipe causing a large wound.

Elm St. was closed in both directions between Paris and Lisgar for almost four hours Monday afternoon after a transport truck leaked diesel fuel onto the road.