{"id":85269,"date":"2026-07-24T08:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=85269"},"modified":"2026-07-24T08:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:23:16","slug":"nipigon-opp-dirt-bike-operator-charged-with-impaired-operatiom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/nipigon-opp-dirt-bike-operator-charged-with-impaired-operatiom\/","title":{"rendered":"Nipigon OPP &#8211; Dirt bike operator charged with impaired operatiom"},"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>Members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged one individual with impaired operation after a dirt bike was located.<\/p>\n<p>On the morning of July 13, 2026 at approximately 1:45 a.m., a member of the Nipigon OPP Detachment, was conducting stationary radar and observed a dirt bike, with no lights, traveling at a high rate of speed on Highway 11&amp;17 in the Township of Nipigon.<\/p>\n<p>A short time later officers located the dirt bike in a parking lot of a local business and spoke to the driver.<\/p>\n<p>Through further investigation, it was determined that the driver was impaired by alcohol. The driver was subsequently placed under arrest and transported to the detachment for further testing.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Byron A. WAWIA, 22-years-old, of Nipigon, has been arrested and charged under the <em>Criminal Code <\/em>and the <em>Highway Traffic Act <\/em>with several charges;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Failure of refusal to comply with demand<\/li>\n<li>Owner operate motor vehicle without insurance<\/li>\n<li>Drive motor vehicle &#8211; no licence<\/li>\n<li>No brake lights<\/li>\n<li>Fail to produce permit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused has been released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Nipigon at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>The OPP remains committed to taking alcohol\/drug-impaired drivers off our roads through enforcement and public education. If you suspect someone is driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs, it is important to call 9-1-1 to report it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged one individual with impaired operation after a dirt bike was located. On the morning of July 13, 2026 at approximately 1:45 a.m., a member of the Nipigon OPP Detachment, was conducting stationary radar and observed a dirt bike, with no &#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-85269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northern-ontario"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 08:25:58","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\/85269","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=85269"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85271,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85269\/revisions\/85271"}],"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=85269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}