{"id":65125,"date":"2024-02-06T08:07:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T13:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=65125"},"modified":"2024-02-06T08:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T13:07:14","slug":"east-algoma-opp-charges-laid-after-driver-crashes-in-their-own-driveway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/06\/east-algoma-opp-charges-laid-after-driver-crashes-in-their-own-driveway\/","title":{"rendered":"East Algoma OPP &#8211; Charges Laid after Driver Crashes in their own Driveway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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 February 5, 2024, at approximately 2:30 a.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a person after a traffic complaint on Gillanders Road in Elliot Lake.<\/p>\n<p>Police received an earlier complainant regarding a known driver revving their car engine who was believed to be impaired.\u00a0The vehicle was later located after the driver crashed into a pick-up truck in their own driveway.\u00a0The driver was uncooperative with police while being arrested and later refused to provide a breath sample.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph HEWLETT, 38-years-old, from Elliot Lake was charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operation while impaired &#8211; alcohol and drugs<\/li>\n<li>Failure of refusal to comply with demand<\/li>\n<li>Resist Peace Officer<\/li>\n<li>Fail to remain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on March 14, 2024.<\/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 February 5, 2024, at approximately 2:30 a.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a person after a traffic complaint on Gillanders Road in Elliot Lake. Police received an earlier complainant regarding a known driver revving their car engine who was believed to be impaired.\u00a0The vehicle was later located after the driver crashed &#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-65125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 19:33:20","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\/65125","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=65125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65126,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65125\/revisions\/65126"}],"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=65125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}