{"id":36973,"date":"2020-09-22T10:29:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T14:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=36973"},"modified":"2020-09-22T10:31:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T14:31:10","slug":"east-algoma-opp-sudbury-man-charged-with-impaired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/22\/east-algoma-opp-sudbury-man-charged-with-impaired\/","title":{"rendered":"East Algoma OPP &#8211; Sudbury Man Charged with Impaired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ql-align-justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859-300x236.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>On September 20, 2020 at approximately 3:37 a.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) members were on general patrol downtown Elliot Lake.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Police observed a suspicious vehicle and subsequently a traffic stop was conducted.\u00a0The driver was spoken to and a strong odour of alcoholic beverage was detected emanating from their breath.\u00a0The Approved Screening Device (ASD) was administered and returned a reading of &#8220;Fail&#8221;.\u00a0As a result, the driver was arrested, driver&#8217;s license suspended, and the vehicle was towed and impounded.\u00a0Additionally, the driver was found to be in possession of suspected cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cody SAIKKONEN, 29 years of age, from Sudbury, Ontario was charged with:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operation While Impaired &#8211; Blood Alcohol Concentration (80 plus), contrary to section 320.14(1)(b) of the Criminal Code (CC),<\/li>\n<li>Possession of a Schedule I Substance &#8211; Cocaine, contrary to section 4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on November 3, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The OPP remind motorists that no amount of alcohol or drug is acceptable to consume and drive.\u00a0Report impaired drivers.\u00a0Should you observe a suspected impaired driver, please dial 911 or contact the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1122.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 20, 2020 at approximately 3:37 a.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) members were on general patrol downtown Elliot Lake. &nbsp; Police observed a suspicious vehicle and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[429],"class_list":["post-36973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northern-ontario","tag-east-algoma-opp"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 15:37:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36974,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36973\/revisions\/36974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}