{"id":64209,"date":"2023-12-15T07:01:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T12:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=64209"},"modified":"2023-12-15T07:01:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T12:01:15","slug":"east-algoma-opp-traffic-stop-leads-to-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/15\/east-algoma-opp-traffic-stop-leads-to-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"East Algoma OPP &#8211; Traffic Stop leads to Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>On December 14, 2023, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol duties in the City of Elliot Lake.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after 1:15 a.m., police observed a suspicious pick-up truck with two individuals in the downtown commercial area.\u00a0While keeping observations on the pick-up truck, the driver failed to signal at two stop signs before turning onto Manitoba Road resulting in a traffic stop being initiated.<\/p>\n<p>A query revealed the driver was breaching a curfew and was arrested. \u00a0Police observed suspected crack cocaine on the front seat and the passenger was subsequently arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Policed searched both individuals, the vehicle and seized the following:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><u>Estimated Street Value<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Over 25 grams of suspected Crystal Meth \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0$ 1,100<\/li>\n<li>Over 18 grams of suspected Crack Cocaine \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 $ 2,100<\/li>\n<li>Over 8 grams of suspected Fentanyl \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0$ 1,200<\/li>\n<li>Over 6 grams of powdered Cocaine \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0$ \u00a0\u00a0610<\/li>\n<li>$ 2090 in Canadian Currency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a result, the driver Cody OTTAWAY, 24 years-of-age from Ennismore, Ontario was charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking-Cocaine<\/li>\n<li>Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking-Methamphetamine<\/li>\n<li>Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking -Opioid (other than heroin)<\/li>\n<li>Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000<\/li>\n<li>Failure to Comply with Release Order-other than to attend court (two counts)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice Video Bail in Blind River and was remanded into custody.<\/p>\n<p>The passenger M. Christopher ROY, 52 years-of-age from Blind River was charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking-Cocaine<\/li>\n<li>Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking-Methamphetamine<\/li>\n<li>Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking -Opioid (other than heroin)<\/li>\n<li>Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on February 8, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 14, 2023, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol duties in the City of Elliot Lake. Shortly after 1:15 a.m., police observed a suspicious pick-up truck with two individuals in the downtown commercial area.\u00a0While keeping observations on the pick-up truck, the driver failed to signal &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":50863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 17:43:44","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\/64209","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=64209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64210,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64209\/revisions\/64210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}