Police

To increase officer safety, the Greater Sudbury Police Service will start using blue lights on top of cruisers, along with "cherry tops" or red lights.

Two people were killed and another two, including a Greater Sudbury woman, are listed in serious condition in a Sudbury hospital following a head-on crash Sept. 19 around 7:30 am on Hwy. 17, one kilometre east of Narin Centre.

Greater Sudbury Police have made a second arrest in connection to a Sept. 9 incident on Tedman Ave. in which a 46-year-old man was stabbed in the neck, suffering a punctured cartoid artery.

BY KEITH LACEY The power of crack cocaine addiction is so strong, some Greater Sudbury clients who are HIV positive can’t find the strength to quit.

The drug addict and the cop agree on one thing - the temporary euphoria of crack is quickly replaced by despair, addiction and destruction.

Greater Sudbury Police have made an arrest after a 46-year-old man was stabbed during a fight Sept. 9 between three men in front of a Tedman Ave. residence. During the fight, a man was stabbed in the neck. The blade punctured his cartoid artery.

BY KEITH LACEY A developmentally challenged repeat sex offender was given a lengthy jail sentence Thursday after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a woman who kindly offered him a meal and cigarette.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN More than a week after vandals smashed the windshield on a cab parked outside a local dispatch station and threatened a dispatcher's life, the taxi company owner says he still hasn't heard from police.

After laying close to 30 charges for speeding in a 40 km/h school zone on the first day back to class, Greater Sudbury Police were out in force again Sept. 8, this time laying 51 charges.

In separate and unrelated incidents, two men were admitted to hospital after being stabbed this past weekend in Greater Sudbury. On Friday Sept.