Five weekend Impaired Driving charges laid in 25 hours
This weekend Thunder Bay Police Service officers arrested and charged five motorists for impaired driving within just more than 24 hours.
The first incident occurred after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 26 when police observed a white SUV travelling northbound on Memorial Avenue near First Avenue. Officers noticed the vehicle drifting within…
Aggravated Assault charge
Police arrested and charged and female suspect following an incident that sent another female to the hospital with serious injuries.
At about 9 p.m. on Thursday, July 23 Thunder Bay Police Service officers with the Uniform Patrol Branch were alerted to a possible assault that had taken place earlier in the evening at a residential…
ADVISORY: Update to public access restrictions of TBPS Lobby
The Thunder Bay Police Service public lobby is accessible to the public with certain restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Members of the public who need access to the lobby of our headquarters at 1200 Balmoral will be subject to a self-screening questionnaire regarding symptoms of or potential exposure to the COVID-19 virus. Anyone…
Male arrested for breaching release conditions amid child pornography investigation
A local man arrested in June for breaching a prohibition order in relation to children was arrested again Tuesday for a separate incident of breaching a prohibition order in relation to children.
Thunder Bay Police Service officers with the Cyber Crimes Unit executed a search warrant at a residential address in the 400 block of Rupert…
Robbery with firearm suspect to ID
The Thunder Bay Police Service is requesting public assistance to identify the suspect involved in a recent armed robbery.
Police were originally dispatched to the Circle K convenience store at 640 Waterloo Street at 10:57 a.m. on Tuesday, July 21 following reports of an armed robbery that had just occurred.
When police arrived…
Hamilton-bound flight makes emergency landing in Thunder Bay due to unruly passenger
A Hamilton man faces numerous charges after causing a disturbance on an airplane that led to an emergency landing in Thunder Bay.
Thunder Bay Police Service officers were dispatched to the Thunder Bay International Airport just before 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 19, following a request to remove a passenger from a flight.
Police…
Driver involved in multi-vehicle hit-and-run found to be impaired
Police have located and arrested the suspected impaired driver who fled the scene of a collision Saturday afternoon.
Thunder Bay Police Service officers were originally dispatched to a three-vehicle collision at the intersection of James and Arthur Streets just after 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 18.
Police learned a male driver was…
Driver involved in two impaired driving incidents in same month
Police arrested a 58-year-old Thunder Bay woman for Driving While Impaired by Drug Sunday, which is a second impaired driving charge for that accused in just over two weeks.
Thunder Bay Police Service officers were on general patrol in the area of Blucher Avenue and Windsor Street at about 1:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 19 when they observed…
Suspended, suspected impaired driver arrested
Police arrested a suspected impaired driver Saturday who was already on a suspended licence due to a May impaired driving charge.
A Thunder Bay Police Service officer was conducting focused speed enforcement on Elm Street near Margaret Street around 8:30 a.m. on Saturday July 18. At that time the officer observed an SUV being driven by a…
Four arrested, Cocaine seized amid drug trafficking investigation
Police charged four people and seized a quantity of cocaine following a search of a home on the city’s north side Thursday morning.
Members of the Thunder Bay Police Service and the OPP conducted a search at a residential address in the zero-to-100 block of Clarkson Street South just before 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 16. The search…