{"id":82277,"date":"2026-03-31T08:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=82277"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:51:00","slug":"east-algoma-opp-driver-observed-doing-150-km-hr-stopped-then-fled-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/east-algoma-opp-driver-observed-doing-150-km-hr-stopped-then-fled-police\/","title":{"rendered":"East Algoma OPP &#8211; Driver observed doing 150 km\/hr, stopped, then fled police"},"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-full wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>On Sunday, March 29, 2026, at approximately 11:30 p.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) while patrolling Highway 17, police observed an eastbound SUV travelling at an excessive speed of more than 150 km\/hr near Waltonen Road east of the Town of Bruce Mines.<\/p>\n<p>A traffic stop was conducted east of Big Perch Bay Road. While speaking with the officer, the driver became argumentative and refused to provide a valid driver&#8217;s license or vehicle documentation. The driver continued to argue, then suddenly put the vehicle into gear. The officer stepped back as the SUV accelerated away.<\/p>\n<p>East Algoma OPP units from Blind River and Thessalon patrolled Highway 17 and nearby sideroads. At approximately 2:30 a.m., officers located the SUV on Emily Court, off Jarret Road, parked in a snowplough turnaround with the driver asleep inside. Police blocked the vehicle in and arrested the driver.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle was later towed and impounded for 14 days.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan CHAPMAN, 39 years-old from Edmonton, Alberta was charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flight from peace officer<\/li>\n<li>Dangerous operation<\/li>\n<li>Obstruct peace officer<\/li>\n<li>Drive motor vehicle &#8211; perform stunt &#8211; excessive speed<\/li>\n<li>Driver fail to surrender licence<\/li>\n<li>Fail to surrender permit for motor vehicle<\/li>\n<li>Fail to surrender insurance card<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice Bail Court in Blind River on<\/p>\n<p>March 30, 2026, and was remanded into custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, March 29, 2026, at approximately 11:30 p.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) while patrolling Highway 17, police observed an eastbound SUV travelling at an excessive speed of more than 150 km\/hr near Waltonen Road east of the Town of Bruce Mines. A traffic stop was conducted east of &#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-82277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 03:44:10","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\/82277","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=82277"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82279,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82277\/revisions\/82279"}],"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=82277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}