{"id":65351,"date":"2024-02-21T08:01:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T13:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=65351"},"modified":"2024-02-21T07:02:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T12:02:22","slug":"east-algoma-opp-8th-impaired-charge-of-2024-is-laid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/21\/east-algoma-opp-8th-impaired-charge-of-2024-is-laid\/","title":{"rendered":"East Algoma OPP &#8211; 8th Impaired Charge of 2024 is laid"},"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 17, 2024, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol duties in the Municipality of Huron Shores.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after 1:30 a.m., police observed a pick-up truck strike a snowbank twice on Ansonia Road and initiated a traffic stop.\u00a0While speaking to the driver, police determined alcohol had been consumed.\u00a0The driver was arrested and transported to Blind River detachment for further testing.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Matthew GROULX, 23 years-of-age from Thessalon was charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operation while impaired-blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)<\/li>\n<li>Operation while impaired-alcohol and drugs<\/li>\n<li>Drive motor vehicle-no licence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on April 4, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle was impounded for seven days, and the driver was issued a 90-day Administrative Drivers Licence Suspension.<\/p>\n<p>The OPP remind motorists that no amount of alcohol or drug is acceptable to consume and drive.\u00a0If you suspect an impaired driver, don&#8217;t hesitate &#8220;MAKE THE CALL&#8221; and call 911.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 17, 2024, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol duties in the Municipality of Huron Shores. Shortly after 1:30 a.m., police observed a pick-up truck strike a snowbank twice on Ansonia Road and initiated a traffic stop.\u00a0While speaking to the driver, police determined alcohol had been consumed.\u00a0The driver was arrested &#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-65351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 12:55:12","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\/65351","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=65351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65352,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65351\/revisions\/65352"}],"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=65351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}