A Sudbury man has been charged by the police after being involved in a single vehicle car accident Christmas day.
On December 25, at approximately 11:00 pm, the Manitoulin detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single vehicle in the ditch on Highway 6 in Assiginack Township.
Police attended the location, and it was determined by OPP officers that the driver had been consuming alcoholic beverages. The driver was uncooperative and assaultive towards police, and also caused damage to the police cruiser. The accused vehicle was towed with the driver’s licence suspended for 90 days.
Joey Manitowabi, 27-years-old, from Sudbury was charged with failure or refusal to comply with demand, contrary to 320.15(1) of the criminal code (CC), assault a police officer, contrary to section 270(1)(a) of the CC, mischief under $5,000, contrary to section 430(4) of the CC.
The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Gore Bay on February 1.
