Police

Sudbury lawyer Louis Sola says he?s appealing a decision made by a Timmins judge declaring a man a dangerous offender. Sola says Allan Saunders is mentally ill.

While rumours are swirling about exactly what happened, Greater Sudbury Police have ruled out foul play in the deaths of a man and woman at a Sudbury hotel this past weekend.

Oracle Poll Research is conducting a survey on behalf of the Greater Sudbury Police Services Board to get citizen input on a number of issues related to police services.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] A Capreol man has told a Sudbury jury how he was attacked with an axe after accusing another man of breaking into his father?s camp last spring.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] A Sudbury judge has denied a change of venue application and his decision finalizes that a former Sudbury financial adviser accused of bilking clients of $6 million will go on trial in Sudbury in May.

Inco Ltd. will plead guilty to numerous charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act relating to the accidental death of a young miner 30 months ago.

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.