{"id":85236,"date":"2026-07-23T08:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=85236"},"modified":"2026-07-23T08:03:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:03:35","slug":"east-algoma-opp-traffic-complaints-lead-to-speeding-charges-motorcycle-seizure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/23\/east-algoma-opp-traffic-complaints-lead-to-speeding-charges-motorcycle-seizure\/","title":{"rendered":"East Algoma OPP &#8211; Traffic Complaints lead to Speeding charges &#038; motorcycle seizure"},"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>A\u00a0person was charged after numerous traffic complaints involving a red motorcycle on Highway 17, Johnson Township.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On July 21, 2026, at approximately 9:00 a.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on general patrol when a red motorcycle was captured on radar travelling over 160 km\/h.\u00a0A traffic stop was initiated but the motorcycle failed to stop for police.\u00a0The operator was later identified and police arrested the male operator.\u00a0In addition, his driver&#8217;s license was suspended for 30 days, and the motorcycle was towed and impounded for 14 days.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old, from Bruce Mines was charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fail to stop for police<\/li>\n<li>Drive motor vehicle &#8211; perform stunt &#8211; excessive speed<\/li>\n<li>Careless driving<\/li>\n<li>Operate a motor vehicle without insurance<\/li>\n<li>Class M1 license holder &#8211; drive on prohibited highway<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused was scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on August 5, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0person was charged after numerous traffic complaints involving a red motorcycle on Highway 17, Johnson Township. \u00a0 On July 21, 2026, at approximately 9:00 a.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on general patrol when a red motorcycle was captured on radar travelling over 160 km\/h.\u00a0A traffic stop was initiated but the motorcycle &#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-85236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 12:16:14","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\/85236","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=85236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85237,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85236\/revisions\/85237"}],"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=85236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}