Police

BY KEITH LACEY A local man who pleaded guilty to a long and lucrative case of welfare fraud was sentenced to 12 months of house arrest Friday. Richard J.

The OPP across the province will blitz the highways over the entire Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend to bring road safety to the forefront.

BY DIANE GILHULA A Sudbury lawyer who went out of her way to assist Kimberly Rogers while she was under house arrest for welfare fraud, tearfully told a coroner?s inquest Friday about the last time she saw Rogers alive.

BY KEITH LACEY The sister of a slain Sudbury police officer applauds a new piece of legislation that provides victims of crime with a louder voice in the criminal justice system. Patti Mathes, sister of Const.

A Sudbury man with a long history of getting into trouble with the law is in trouble once again.

BY KEITH LACEY A man now convicted a second time for being unable to control his temper towards a former girlfriend was sentenced to six months in jail Tuesday.

The City of Greater SudburyÂ?s director of social services admitted to a coronerÂ?s jury Friday itÂ?s extremely difficult for single people on welfare to find affordable accommodations in this city.

BY CRAIG GILBERT [email protected] A Chelmsford man has been charged with careless driving after hitting an Ontario Provincial Police motorcycle officer from behind near the intersection of Highway 144 and municipal road 35 Wednesday afternoon.

Members from the Special Investigations Unit have designated six witness officers in the death of 42-year-old Michael Karchie at his Chelmsford home in the wee hours of Oct. 3.

BY KEITH LACEY The teenager convicted of killing a Sudbury police constable during a high-speed chase more than three years ago has had his appeal on the length of his sentence denied by Ontario?s highest court.