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Impaired Driver Arrested and Charged Search of Vehicle Results in Seizure of $60,000 Worth of Drugs

Shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 6, 2020, we were called in relation to a Suspicious Vehicle complaint in the parking lot of a grocery store on Regent Street in Greater Sudbury. Information provided was that the vehicle had been running in the parking lot for two hours and the driver appeared to be asleep in the driver’s seat. The caller had attempted to wake up the driver by knocking on the window; however, the driver did not appear responsive.

Officers arrived on scene and located the...

Joint-forces Internet Child Exploitation Investigation Leads to Arrest of 30 year old Man

The Internet Child Exploitation (I.C.E.) Unit was recently notified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that a person in Greater Sudbury had been accessing and possessing Child Pornography online over a period of several years.

On December 10, 2020, our I.C.E. and Computer Forensics Units in conjunction with our Emergency Response Unit (Tactical) and Intelligence Unit executed Search Warrants at two residences in Greater Sudbury.

As a result of the investigation, 30 year old Justin Philion...

Local Woman Arrested and Charged After Stealing Close to $130,000 from Employer

On March 27, 2020, we received a call from a local daycare regarding an alleged substantial Fraud. Information provided was that an employee of the daycare had allegedly been accepting funds owed to the daycare and fraudulently depositing these funds into personal bank accounts.

The incident was assigned to a Detective in our Financial Crimes Branch of our Criminal Investigation Division.

Through the investigation it was confirmed that the employee had fraudulently deposited funds owed to the daycare...

What3Words: Greater Sudbury Contest UPDATE

Want to win a gift basket full of local goodies? We’ve updated the rules to our What3Words contest to make it easier for more people to participate. Here’s how to enter: 1. Download What3Words for FREE through the App Store or Google Play 2. Decipher the 10 local businesses below by using their THREE words (assigned through the What3Words app) 3. On Friday, December 11, 2020, we will make a What3Words social media post on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter 4. Anyone who wants to enter is asked to reply...

What3Words: Greater Sudbury Contest

Three words can save your life… and win you a basket of local goodies!

We recently launched the use of the What3Words app as a resource for our 911 Emergency Communications Centre in order to effectively and efficiently deploy resources when individuals become lost or stranded within our community.

In order to promote downloading and the use of this potentially lifesaving technology, we are announcing a scavenger hunt of local businesses across Greater Sudbury.  COVID-19 has been a very...