Police

Effective Sept. 30, the Chief Firearms Office for Ontario will no longer be available for walk-in client services within the Greater Sudbury Police Service building. Firearms Officers are however, still assigned to the Greater Sudbury area.

Federal election independent candidate David Popescu is causing outrage with remarks he has made in recent debates.

Officers from the Sudbury and Espanola OPP Detachments will be fully engaged with the Fall Seatbelt Campaign initiative. This year’s safety initiative will begin Wednesday, Oct. 1 and conclude on Sunday, Oct. 12.

The Greater Sudbury Police Service is asking for the public's assistance in locating Matthew Bradshaw.

While conducting a drug eradication with the OPP helicopter, members of the Sudbury Drug Enforcement – Joint Forces Operation located a marijuana grow operation in Nairn Township.

On Wednesday, Oct. 1, a major mock incident is planned for Manitoulin Island at an undisclosed location.

The Massey Post Office, located on Grove Street, has been the subject of ongoing mischief recently.

Sometime overnight on Sept. 27, two motorcycles were stolen from a driveway on Beauchamp Drive in Espanola. One of the motorcycles is described as a 1976 Yamaha IT 175, blue in colour, and the other is a 2005 Honda CRF 100, red and white in colour.

UPDATE: Marc-André Farmer-Pelletier has been found. The public is thanked for their assistance. The public's assistance is requested in locating a 14-year-old boy who has been missing since Sept. 25.

A Capreol man has been caught once again behind the wheel of a motor vehicle after numerous court visits prohibiting him from driving. On Sept. 29, around 3 p.m., officers stopped a vehicle on Municipal Road 84 in Valley East.