{"id":65796,"date":"2024-03-12T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=65796"},"modified":"2024-03-12T07:31:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T11:31:31","slug":"nipigon-opp-traffic-complaint-leads-to-impaired-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/12\/nipigon-opp-traffic-complaint-leads-to-impaired-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Nipigon OPP &#8211; Traffic Complaint leads to Impaired charges"},"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>A traffic complaint has led to one individual being arrested and charged with impaired operation.<\/p>\n<p>On March 10, 2024, just before 7:00 p.m., members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint of an erratic and suspected impaired driver on Highway 11\/17 near Hurkett Loop Road. Officers located the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p>Through investigation, it was determined that the driver was impaired by alcohol. The driver was subsequently placed under arrest and transported to the Nipigon OPP Detachment for further testing.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Michael METANSININE, 53-years-old, of Geraldton, has been arrested and charged under the <em>Criminal Code <\/em>with:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Operation While Impaired &#8211; Alcohol and Drugs<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Operation While Impaired &#8211; Blood Alcohol Concentration (80 plus)<\/p>\n<p>The accused has been released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Nipigon on April 23, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The OPP remains committed to taking alcohol\/drug-impaired drivers off our roads through enforcement and public education. If you suspect that someone is driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs, it is important to call 9-1-1 to report it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A traffic complaint has led to one individual being arrested and charged with impaired operation. On March 10, 2024, just before 7:00 p.m., members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint of an erratic and suspected impaired driver on Highway 11\/17 near Hurkett Loop Road. Officers located &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 11:37:02","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\/65796","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=65796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65797,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65796\/revisions\/65797"}],"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=65796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}