{"id":83913,"date":"2026-06-16T08:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=83913"},"modified":"2026-06-16T08:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:09:24","slug":"east-algoma-opp-side-by-side-driver-charged-no-helmet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/east-algoma-opp-side-by-side-driver-charged-no-helmet\/","title":{"rendered":"East Algoma OPP &#8211; Side by Side Driver Charged No Helmet"},"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>On June 15, 2026, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol in the community of Thessalon First Nation and observed a side-by-side being operated by a driver not wearing a helmet.<\/p>\n<p>At approximately 11:15 a.m., police conducted a traffic stop on Maple Ridge Road and determined that the driver was also suspended. The vehicle was subsequently impounded for 45 days.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Harold VINCENT, 72 years old, of Sault Ste Marie was charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operation while prohibited under the Criminal Code<\/li>\n<li>Fail to wear proper helmet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on August 13, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 15, 2026, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol in the community of Thessalon First Nation and observed a side-by-side being operated by a driver not wearing a helmet. At approximately 11:15 a.m., police conducted a traffic stop on Maple Ridge Road and determined that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-district"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-23 10:19:01","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\/83913","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=83913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83914,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83913\/revisions\/83914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}