{"id":80517,"date":"2026-01-24T08:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T13:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=80517"},"modified":"2026-01-24T08:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T13:26:20","slug":"east-algoma-opp-wanted-individual-arrested-after-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/east-algoma-opp-wanted-individual-arrested-after-traffic-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"East Algoma OPP &#8211; Wanted individual arrested after traffic stop"},"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>Members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a wanted individual&#8217;s vehicle parked outside a local bar on Woodward Avenue in the Town of Blind River.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, January 22, 2026, at approximately 1:45 a.m., police observed the individual leave the bar in a grey sedan and travel northbound on Woodward Avenue. Officers initiated a traffic stop, and the individual was arrested and transported to the Blind River detachment.<\/p>\n<p>During a search, officers located a clear bag containing Percocets, a pipe with drug residue, and super glue in an upper jacket pocket.<\/p>\n<p>Steven TOMEI, 48 years old from Blind River was charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Possession of a schedule I Substance &#8211; other drugs<\/li>\n<li>Failure to attend court after having appeared<\/li>\n<li>Class G1 licence holder &#8211; carry front seat passenger<\/li>\n<li>Class G1 licence holder &#8211; unaccompanied by qualified driver&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Class G1 licence holder &#8211; drive at unlawful hour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on February 10, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a wanted individual&#8217;s vehicle parked outside a local bar on Woodward Avenue in the Town of Blind River. On Friday, January 22, 2026, at approximately 1:45 a.m., police observed the individual leave the bar in a grey sedan and travel northbound on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":75103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 04:03:02","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\/80517","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=80517"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80519,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80517\/revisions\/80519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}