MARATHON, ON – Monday November 25, 2013 members of the Marathon detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to several collisions on Highway 17 in the vicinity of Marathon ON. Around 9:00 am, approximately 4 km west of Marathon, a westbound commercial motor vehicle (CMV) failed [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Saturday, August 31st, 2013 approximately 3:50 pm, an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) was travelling on a downhill trail with a lone male occupant. The driver failed to negotiate a right turn to continue on the main bush road and went down a steep embankment. The driver, who was not [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Saturday August 3 2013, blueberry pickers came across a vehicle parked in a remote area located just off Highway 17 in McCron Township between White River and Marathon ON. They observed a deceased male in the vehicle and immediately contacted police. The male has been identified as [Read more]
-UPDATE- All Suspects in Custody MARATHON, ON – Monday August 5, 2013 at approximately 3:55pm a vehicle traveling westbound on Highway 17 in Bomby Township at a high rate of speed was observed by police. The emergency lights were activated by police and a vehicle stop was initiated. The vehicle [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Saturday August 3, 2013, blueberry pickers came across a vehicle parked in a remote area located just off Highway 17 in McCron Township between White River and Marathon Ontario. They observed a deceased male in the vehicle and immediately contacted police. Officers from the [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Thursday July 11, 2013 officers from the Marathon detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received information that a quantity of illegal drugs was being brought into Marathon for distribution. At 8:20 pm OPP officers stopped a black Dodge Avenger on Peninsula Road in the [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Sunday April 28, 2013 at approximately 10:15 pm, an officer from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon/Manitouwadge detachment was conducting radar enforcement on Highway 17 near Highway 614 in Bomby Township. The officer observed a black sedan travelling at a high rate [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Saturday April 27, 2013 at approximately 11:00 am, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment observed an eastbound dark blue pickup truck driving in an erratic manner on Highway 17 in the vicinity of Rouse Lake, approximately 5 km west of the gold [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Thursday April 25, 2013 at approximately 12:35 am, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment were dispatched to assist the Anishinabek Police Service (APS) with an incident in Pic River First Nation Territory. An OPP officer stopped one involved [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Between February and March 2012, an independent private firm conducted a telephone survey with the residents of Marathon and Manitouwadge to determine the community satisfaction level regarding policing of their communities. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) takes pride in [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Saturday March 23, 2013 at approximately 2:25 pm, a motorist observed smoke coming from a front tire of an eastbound vehicle on Highway 17 and called the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment out of concern for the safety of the occupants. Officers were informed [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Saturday March 16, 2013 at approximately 10:00 pm, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment observed a grey Toyota Tundra being operated in an erratic manner on Stevens Avenue in the Town of Marathon. Police stopped the vehicle and while speaking to [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Monday January 28, 2013 approximately 2:40 pm, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment observed a vehicle stuck in a snow bank along the side of Highway 17 near White Lake Provincial park. A lone male occupant exited the driver’s seat when [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Sunday February 3, 2013 approximately 10:20 pm, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment were advised of a motor vehicle collision involving two transports on Hwy 17 approximately 15 km west of Marathon ON. A westbound commercial motor vehicle was [Read more]
TRAFFIC STOPS LEAD TO DRUG SEIZURES MARATHON, ON – Over the holidays, officers from the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) seized illegal drugs from three different vehicles during three different vehicle stops. December 27, 2012 At 9:45 am a Mazda 3 was travelling on Highway 17 east of [Read more]
