{"id":86083,"date":"2026-08-22T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=86083"},"modified":"2026-08-22T09:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:28:24","slug":"east-algoma-opp-stunt-driving-charge-laid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/22\/east-algoma-opp-stunt-driving-charge-laid\/","title":{"rendered":"East Algoma OPP &#8211; Stunt Driving Charge Laid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Aug 22, 2026 at 9:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<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 Thursday, August 20, 2026, at approximately 12:30 a.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 17 in Algoma Mills.<\/p>\n<p>Police observed a westbound black vehicle travelling more than 120 km\/h in a posted 70 km\/h zone near Lauzon Village Road and initiated a traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation determined the vehicle was displaying licence plates not authorized for the vehicle and was being operated without valid motor vehicle insurance.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle was towed from the scene and impounded for 14 days.<\/p>\n<p>A 24-year-old from Winnipeg, MB was charged under the Highway Traffic Act and the Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drive motor vehicle-perform stunt-excessive speed<\/li>\n<li>Drive motor vehicle, no plates<\/li>\n<li>Owner operate a motor vehicle without insurance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice &#8211; Provincial Offences in Blind River on November 17, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ql-align-center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 22, 2026 at 9:00 On Thursday, August 20, 2026, at approximately 12:30 a.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 17 in Algoma Mills. Police observed a westbound black vehicle travelling more than 120 km\/h in a posted 70 km\/h zone near Lauzon &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":50863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-29 11:27:05","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\/86083","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=86083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86084,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86083\/revisions\/86084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}