Police

The Ontario Provincial Police have launched an investigation into the death of a resident at the Manitoulin Lodge in Gore Bay. Myles Patterson, 65, was hospitalized Jan. 16 and died Jan. 17.

BY KEITH LACEY A young man who admitted to street racing during an incident which led to the death of a popular 16-year-old high school student in Chelmsford last April pleaded guilty to dangerous driving Wednesday at the Sudbury Courthouse.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN The City of Greater Sudbury denies in a court document it had any part in causing the city's fire chief to have an emotional breakdown last spring. A statement of defense was filed by the city Dec.

A 16-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after falling through the ice on Whitewater Lake in Azilda. Greater Sudbury police say the teen was driving a quad about 200 meters from the north shoreline near Lakeview St. when the quad broke through the ice.

Two hundred and thirty-six people were charged with speeding this past weekend by Greater Sudbury Police. Another 58 people were charged with seatbelt and document-related offences.

A vicious attack took place near Lloyd St. Friday night around 11 pm when three people walking in the area were approached and assaulted by another group of people.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers will soon be patrolling Ontario roadways and communities in the traditional black and white police car.

Members of the Joint Forces Drug Unit dismantled a marajuana growing operation after executing a search warrant at a residence on St. David St. in French River Jan. 18. Police seized marajuana and marajuana plant stems, along with some unknown pills.

Greater Sudbury Police have charged 38-year-old Vlado Lagundzija with attempted murder in relation to a stabbing Jan. 21 on College St. According to police, the accused and victim got into a dispute about a cell phone.

BY KEITH LACEY A St. Catharines area man will spend another four months in jail on top of almost eight months he's already served after admitting he helped another man break into a Coniston convenience store last May 30.