{"id":77522,"date":"2025-10-11T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=77522"},"modified":"2025-10-11T07:42:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T11:42:57","slug":"east-algoma-opp-impaired-charges-laid-after-driver-avoids-ride-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/11\/east-algoma-opp-impaired-charges-laid-after-driver-avoids-ride-check\/","title":{"rendered":"East Algoma OPP &#8211; Impaired Charges laid after driver avoids RIDE Check"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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 person was charged after police conducted a Reduce Impaired Drivers Everywhere (R.I.D.E.) check on Queen Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>On October 9, 2025, at approximately 12:00 a.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed an oncoming small white car conduct a U-turn and proceed to travel away from the stop location.\u00a0As a result, police conducted a traffic stop and spoke to the driver.\u00a0An odour of alcoholic beverage was emanating from the driver&#8217;s breath and they displayed signs of alcohol impairment.\u00a0They were subsequently arrested and the vehicle was towed and impounded.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence PAYETTE, 29-years-old, from Mississauga First Nation was charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operation while impaired by alcohol<\/li>\n<li>Operation while impaired &#8211; blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on December 4, 2025.<\/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>A person was charged after police conducted a Reduce Impaired Drivers Everywhere (R.I.D.E.) check on Queen Avenue. On October 9, 2025, at approximately 12:00 a.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":50863,"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":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-14 09:01:08","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\/77522","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=77522"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77524,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77522\/revisions\/77524"}],"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=77522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}