Police

The Greater Sudbury Police Services Board and the Greater Sudbury Police Service are in the process of developing their 2008-2010 Business Plan.

A man killed in a rollover accident on The Kingsway on Saturday evening has been identified as a young man from York region near Toronto. Greater Sudbury Police say the accident took place around 9:45 pm Saturday on The Kingsway near Third Avenue.

The Greater Sudbury Police Service has been actively investigating a series of suspicious fires in the Copper Cliff area. The fires have been deliberately set and usually involved garbage bins, vehicles and garages.

At approximately 7 pm Saturday, Rayside-Balfour Fire Services were dispatched to a barn fire at 3940 Municipal Road 15 in Chelmsford. The barn was fully engulfed when fire services arrived.

One man was killed and two other people were injured after an SUV rolled on The Kingsway March 31. Names have been withheld pending notification of next of kin. At around 9:44 pm, the vehicle was speeding westbound on The Kingsway near Third Avenue.

A 27-year-old man is in critical condition at St. Joseph's Health Centre after running across Lorne St. and being struck by a car March 30. The man was rushed to hospital with head and internal injuries.

Officers from the Sudbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a break, enter and theft which occurred Tuesday, March 27 between 3:45 and 7:00 pm at a construction site on Boalamaki Road in Eden Township.

The Greater Sudbury Police is requesting the public’s assistance in solving the rash of fires which are occurring in the Copper Cliff area.

BY JAMES NEELEY The preliminary hearing looking at evidence against the man charged with murdering three members of a family in Medicine Hat, Alta. took place this week.

Officers from Greater Sudbury Police were dispatched to an alarm at the Beer Store on Notre Dame Ave. around 4 am Wednesday. Police say evidence indicates a vehicle was used to gain entry to the business.