{"id":83915,"date":"2026-06-16T08:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=83915"},"modified":"2026-06-16T08:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:10:47","slug":"east-algoma-opp-suspended-driver-charged-with-no-helmet-while-riding-e-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/east-algoma-opp-suspended-driver-charged-with-no-helmet-while-riding-e-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"East Algoma OPP &#8211; Suspended Driver Charged with No Helmet while riding E-Bike"},"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 Sunday, June 14, 2026, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol in the Town of Thessalon.<\/p>\n<p>At approximately, 10:15 a.m., police observed an individual operating an e-bike on Huron Street West.\u00a0The e-bike was being propelled by its motor, and the driver was not wearing a helmet.<\/p>\n<p>A traffic stop was initiated; the driver was arrested and the e-bike towed.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Matthew Alex GROULX, 25 years old, of Thessalon was charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operation while prohibited under the Criminal Code<\/li>\n<li>Fail to wear proper helmet on a motor assisted bicycle<\/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 Sunday, June 14, 2026, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol in the Town of Thessalon. At approximately, 10:15 a.m., police observed an individual operating an e-bike on Huron Street West.\u00a0The e-bike was being propelled by its motor, and the driver was not wearing a helmet. &#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-83915","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\/83915","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=83915"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83917,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83915\/revisions\/83917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}