Police

Update - Please be advised that Gary Godin has turned himself into police. Godin was appear for a bail hearing Wednesday morning at 9:30. Sudbury Rainbow Crime Stoppers Inc.

UPDATE: Jeremy Trodd was sentenced to one year in jail in Wednesday's court proceedings. However, he will only be required to serve half that time.

The Greater Sudbury Police Service has been collecting statistics for approximately the past five months on the occurrences of break and enters, and the presence and effectiveness of home alarm systems.

On Thursday, Feb. 21 at approximately 11:50 am, members of the Greater Sudbury Police Service were dispatched to the area of the Farmer’s Market on Elm St. where a robbery suspect was being held by concerned citizens.

As a result of an ongoing investigation led by the Criminal Investigations Division of the Greater Sudbury Police Service, two arrests have been made regarding numerous offences which were commited by a female and male who were operating a stolen Hon

On Friday, Feb. 22, at approximately 8:30 pm, an elderly gentleman was assaulted by three unidentified masked culprits while he was in a rear parking lot at Sudbury Regional Hospital, 700 Paris St., on his way to his vehicle after visiting a patient.

Greater Sudbury Police are investigating the theft of two Elton John tickets for the upcoming concert on March 2. The complainant reported to Police that her purse was stolen while she was shopping earlier this week.

The case of Father Bernard Cloutier, 66, of North Bay, who is facing allegations of sexual impropriety, returned to Sudbury court Wednesday afternoon.

The Greater Sudbury Police Service’s Crime Prevention Academy will continue with its third session Monday evening, 6-8 pm in council chambers at Tom Davies Square.

The Manitoulin OPP was recently alerted by the Toronto Dominion Bank branch in Little Current that they had received a counterfeit $20 bill in the night deposits.