Police

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] A Chelmsford dentist has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing, but his impressive collection of guns and ammunition has been cleared out by police.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] After a one-week trial, a Sudbury apparently believed a Capreol man who testified he acted in self-defence and only used an axe to ward off a man who was attacking him.

Greater Sudbury Police have arrested three men they sought as suspects involved with a hostage/robbery last week on Old Wanup Road. An elderly woman let one man into her home when he asked for directions. Another man quickly entered the home.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] A man currently on trial for assaulting police and other charges has launched a $300,000 lawsuit against three officers with the Greater Sudbury Police Service and the police services board.

A $750-million class-action suit lawsuit filed by residents of Port Colborne against Inco has been thrown out of court by a panel of Ontario Divisional Court judges. The panel indicated the lawsuits could be pursued individually.

Almost four years to the day after he was shot at by Sudbury police, a man was sent to jail Wednesday for trafficking in drugs. Louis Poitras, 32, pleaded guilty to possessing 39 high-powered oxycodone pills.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] A Sudbury man with no history of violence says he is a victim of police brutality. Haddlam Robinson, 45, tearfully testified how a minor vehicle collision turned violent on Feb. 5, 2003.

Greater Sudbury Police hope someone has information that will lead to the arrest of two men involved in a home invasion earlier this week. ?We really want to catch these guys,? said Staff Sgt. Todd Zimmerman.

Two men were arrested following an attack that ended with one person being taken to hospital with a gunshot wound in the leg. Police believe the attack occurred near the Independent Grocer on Lorne Street in Sudbury around 4 am on Saturday night.

Greater Sudbury Police have released the name of the snowmobiler killed as a result of a collision on Whitson Lake Saturday. The collision occurred at around 9 pm approximately one kilometre east of Lakeshore Drive in Val Caron.