Police

Several people were injured after two vehicles collided at the intersection of Municipal Road 80 and Valley View Road in Val Caron Sept. 2 at around 3 p.m.

A 70-year-old Sudbury man has been charged with failing to afford a reasonable opportunity to avoid a collision after a collision at the intersection of Minto and Brady Streets at around 12:30 p.m. Sept. 2.

A 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman were charged with communication for the purposes of prostitution and breaching probation orders after Greater Sudbury Police conducted a sweep for prostitutes in the downtown Sept. 1.

Plain clothes police officers arrested two people after they observed a drug deal in the area of Errington Street in Chelmsford Sept. 1 at around 10:30 a.m. The drug deal involved a half pound of marijuana.

A 20-year-old woman, a 23-year-old man and a 42-year-old man were all charged Sept. 1 with possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking after police stopped their vehicle in the Minnow Lake area and found cocaine inside.

The Greater Sudbury Police Service is receiving $77,000 in grants from the Attorney General’s Civil Remedies Grant Program to improve crime reporting and the ability to search for missing persons and uncover grow ops.

Members of the Sudbury and Espanola Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police are urging drivers, children and their parents to think safety when using school buses.

Greater Sudbury Police killed a bear in the area of Felix Ricard Catholic Elementary School on Lasalle Boulevard Aug. 31 at around 7:45 p.m. The bear had reportedly forced a pedestrian to run into traffic in the area to avoid it.

A 17-year-old boy was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries after he got into a fight with a man Aug. 29. The fight, which took placed inside a Montague Street residence, was a verbal confrontation that turned into a physical fight.

Several charges stemmed from spot checks conducted by Greater Sudbury Police in the Chelmsford area Aug. 28. One hundred sixty vehicles were stopped, and a roadside screening device used five times.