{"id":80790,"date":"2026-02-10T07:59:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=80790"},"modified":"2026-02-14T05:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:28:27","slug":"thunder-bay-opp-driver-charged-after-observed-113-in-a-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/thunder-bay-opp-driver-charged-after-observed-113-in-a-90\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder Bay OPP &#8211; Driver charged after observed 131 in a 90"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-101 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>On February 9th, 2025 at approximately 4:59 p.m., officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting speed enforcement along Highway 11-17 near McKenzie Station Road, within the Municipality of Shuniah.<\/p>\n<p>After observing a vehicle travelling 131 km\/hr in a posted 90 km\/hr, a traffic stop was initiated. Throughout the investigation, a Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) demand was made where the driver performed poorly. The driver was then arrested for performing poorly on the SFST, outstanding warrants &amp; returned to the detachment for further tests.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the investigation, Michelle Lynn KING, 48, of Thunder Bay, Ontario was charged with:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Criminal Code:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operation while impaired &#8211; alcohol and drugs;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Provincial Offences:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Speeding 1 &#8211; 49 Km\/h over posted limit;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused has been held in-custody for a bail hearing and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Thunder Bay on January 10<sup>th<\/sup>, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The OPP is committed to safety for all who utilize Ontario&#8217;s roadways.\u00a0Members of the public are urged to report Impaired Driving by calling 911 in emergency situations.\u00a0Complaints of impaired, aggressive or careless driving can also be made by calling 1-888-310-1122.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 9th, 2025 at approximately 4:59 p.m., officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting speed enforcement along Highway 11-17 near McKenzie Station Road, within the Municipality of Shuniah. After observing a vehicle travelling 131 km\/hr in a posted 90 km\/hr, a traffic stop was initiated. Throughout the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":75103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northern-ontario"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 19:29:51","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\/80790","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=80790"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80876,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80790\/revisions\/80876"}],"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=80790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}