{"id":60269,"date":"2023-04-18T08:54:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T12:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=60269"},"modified":"2023-04-18T08:54:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T12:54:43","slug":"nipigon-opp-impaired-driver-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/18\/nipigon-opp-impaired-driver-charged\/","title":{"rendered":"Nipigon OPP &#8211; Impaired Driver Charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/>On April 14, 2023, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Nipigon Detachment responded to a report of a possible impaired driver which resulted in one person being arrested and criminally charged with impaired operation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At 7:15 p.m., members of the Nipigon OPP Detachment were dispatched to a traffic complaint on Highway 11-17 in the Township of Nipigon. Officers arrived and found the vehicle in question in the ditch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the investigation, Kenneth JOWETT, 80-years-old, of Nipigon has been criminally charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operation While Impaired &#8211; Alcohol and Drugs<\/li>\n<li>Operation While Impaired &#8211; Blood Alcohol Concentration (80 plus)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The accused will appear in Nipigon Court on June 6, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The OPP is committed to safety for all who utilize Ontario&#8217;s roadways.\u00a0Members of the public are urged to report Impaired Driving by calling 911 in emergency situations.\u00a0Complaints of impaired, aggressive, or careless driving can also be made by calling\u00a0<strong>1-888-310-1122.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information on the consequences of drinking and driving, check out:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__http:\/www.mto.gov.on.ca\/english\/safety\/impaired-driving.shtml__;!!ABXyrcI!bzFmOUWhcjr7LWPxqdIb3lm9je586kVor9DX5a1VmuIcIBDkWZpteUEhsMJ2Pqiqvg$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.mto.gov.on.ca\/english\/safety\/impaired-driving.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 14, 2023, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Nipigon Detachment responded to a report of a possible impaired driver which resulted in one person being arrested 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":[],"class_list":["post-60269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northern-ontario"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-10 18:00:31","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\/60269","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=60269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60270,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60269\/revisions\/60270"}],"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=60269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}