OPP seek public assistance in Elliot Lake arena break-and-enter, mischief investigation
Overnight on Thursday as the community of Elliot Lake was resting to prepare for the upcoming Kraft Hockeyville celebrations – both locally and in Greater Sudbury, when vandals struck a building that has been top of mind for the northern Ontario city for more than a year.
Elliot Lake's Centennial Arena has been closed since September 2023 because of structural problems. (File Photo/CTV News Northern Ontario)
Sometime overnight, five male suspects broke into the Centennial Arena and caused an estimated $50,000 in damage, according to reports by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP.)
“Suspects entered and deployed numerous fire extinguishers inside and vandalized kitchen/canteen,” said OPP in a social media post.
“They also damaged a center support beam by driving machinery into it.”
$4.3 million in repairs were underway at the facility which closed in September 2023 due to safety concerns.
A photo of one of the suspects in the September 26, 2024, break-in and mischief at Centennial Arena in Elliot Lake, Ont. (Ontario Provincial Police/X)
East Algoma OPP has released video and images of the suspects involved on social media, in a public appeal for information.
A photo of four suspects in the September 26, 2024, break-in and mischief at Centennial Arena in Elliot Lake, Ont. (Ontario Provincial Police/X)
Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact OPP using reference number E241293954 or Crime Stoppers anonymously.
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