At 9 pm on Thursday, January 14, a member of the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Highway 6 at the Sheguiandah First Nation. The driver was arrested after he failed the approved screening device test for alcohol on the roadside.
As a result of this investigation, a 40-year-old male of Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation has been charged with impaired driving and exceeding the legal limit of alcohol in his blood, contrary to section 253(1) (a) & 253(1) (b) of the Criminal Code of Canada, and care or control of a motor vehicle with liquor readily available, contrary to section 32(1) of the Liquor License Act of Ontario.
The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Wikwemikong on February 17, 2016.
The OPP is reminding motorists that there is no safe amount of alcohol consumption when driving. Anyone who suspects a driver is driving while impaired is urged to call police by dialing 9-1-1 immediately.
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