Police

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] A 12-month pilot project aimed at making the community safer will be launched by Greater Sudbury Police Service Thursday. The Citizens on Patrol (COP) program will be operated in Capreol and Nickel Centre.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] A woman now in her early 40s testified Friday she had just turned 15 when she visited Dr. Richard Nanka-Bruce after telling her mother she wanted to go on birth control pills.

A stakeout on the opening day of moose hunting season has led to 153 charges being laid against 13 hunters and 35 other people from the Toronto area. One hunter had 31 moose tags. On Oct.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] A social worker at a Sudbury group home has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old female resident on two separate occasions last July.

Greater Sudbury Police were one step behind a couple of crooks last night who robbed three corner stores in a span of 45 minutes. The first robbery complaint came at 12:27 am from a corner store on The Kingsway.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] A Chelmsford woman testified Thursday at the trial of a physician charged with numerous counts of sexually assaulting female patients.

A Sunday night hit and run has the Sudbury detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police hunting for a white transport cab with no trailer attached. The truck crossed the centre line on Highway 69 at around 9 pm and hit a small car.

Police have arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of stabbing a man at the bus depot parking lot downtown Oct. 2. The suspect has been charged with aggravated assault.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] The executive director of a Sudbury group home now facing sexual assault allegations passed a government police check before being hired to work with children.

Const. Fern Benoit, president of the Sudbury Police Association, has announced that civilian and sworn members of the local police service are donating $3,000 to the Northern Ontario Medical Bursary Fund.