Police

Denise Plouffe, the former executive director of the Northern Cancer Research Foundation, has pleaded guilty to charges of fraud exceeding $5,000.

The Ontario Provincial Police is requesting the public's assistance in locating the occupants of an SUV which crashed into road guard rails on Jan. 11.

A building on Melvin Street was damaged Jan. 10 at around 4 a.m. after a pickup truck crashed into it. The 22-year-old man driving the truck was unable to stop at a stop sign, and struck the residence.

Greater Sudbury Police are looking for the driver of an older beige or grey vehicle which allegedly caused a chain reaction collision on the Kingsway, and then fled the scene Jan. 9 at around 2 p.m.

A 27-year-old man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly entered a Louis Street apartment armed with a knife Jan. 8 at around 11 p.m.

UPDATED - Jan. 9, 1:35 p.m. A 51-year-old Greater Sudbury man is in the hospital with several injuries after the snowmobile he was a passenger on struck a pressure crack on Lake Panache sometime before 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 7.

Despite an attempt to dispose of evidence, a 21-year-old Greater Sudbury man is drug-related facing charges after being arrested about 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 6.

When he was offered the chance to make some extra income as a mystery shopper, David Bowers said he thought it would be an easy, convenient way to help tide things over while he looked for work.

Seven men from the Cochrane area were convicted of 18 offences and fined a total of $17,750 for an incident of moose poaching which took place more than two years ago, a Ministry of Natural Resources release stated.

Two people were recently charged by Greater Sudbury Police under the newly-enacted distracted driver legislation. The first driver was texting on their cell phone while driving, and had a child in the back seat.