Police

BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW scott@northernlife.ca Marijuana supporters, 100-strong, converged outside Sudbury police headquarters Thursday afternoon to listen to the charismatic Marc Emery, Canada?s champion of legalizing marijuana.

Greater Sudbury Police are appealing to the public for help in identifying a man who died in hospital after being found below the Frood Road railway trestle Thursday afternoon.

A 36-year-old Val Caron man was found dead at the Low Water Lake boat launch. Brian Suchoplas was found deceased by the boat launch, about 90 kilometre north of Sudbury, on the east side of Hwy. 144, on Sunday night.

By Keith Lacey An area teenager who ripped off his grandmother and then a Good Samaritan during a recent crime spree was sentenced to six months in jail Wednesday.

By Rick Pusiak A 30-year veteran of the local police service has been promoted to the number three position in the Sudbury constabulary. Brian Jarrett assumed the rank of staff inspector last week.

By Keith Lacey The long arm of the law finally caught up to a Toronto man who committed an armed robbery at a Sudbury pizza joint eight years ago.

An early morning fire Friday at the Civic Memorial Cemetery on Second Avenue destroyed a number of cemetery vehicles and an equipment storage shed today. The Ontario Fire Marshal?s office has been called in to investigate the cause of the fire.

BY KEITH LACEY Klacey@northernlife.ca A man convicted of his 11th drunk driving charge uttered profanities at one of SudburyÂ?s most experienced judges after the judge refused to sentence him to a penitentiary term, Wednesday.

BY KEITH LACEY klacey@northernlife.ca Sudbury?s most outspoken social activist says police had no right to arrest a young man protesting the provincial government earlier this week.

By Keith Lacey The fire chief who helped make Vancouver the ?safest fire city in North America? told a coroner?s inquest firefighters were helpless to do anything at a tragic Hanmer house fire, which claimed the lives of three people 16 months ago.