{"id":87212,"date":"2026-10-14T08:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=87212"},"modified":"2026-10-14T08:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:56:27","slug":"nipigon-opp-driver-charged-after-refusing-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/14\/nipigon-opp-driver-charged-after-refusing-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Nipigon OPP &#8211; Driver Charged after refusing demand"},"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-full wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>Officers from the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged one individual with failure or refusal to comply with demand.<\/p>\n<p>On October 10, 2026 at approximately 10:30 p.m. officers with the Nipigon OPP were notified of a suspected impaired driver involved in a domestic violence related incident from the Greenstone area. The vehicle was described as a white Ford F-350 pick up truck. Approximately one hour later officer&#8217;s observed the vehicle traveling westbound on Highway 11 &amp; 17 in the Township of Nipigon.<\/p>\n<p>Officers stopped the motor vehicle and the male driver was showing signs of impairment. The Approved Screening Device (ASD) demand was read and the driver refused to provide a breath sample.<\/p>\n<p>Braeden CHAPUT-WAWIA 27-years old was arrested and charged<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Failure or Refusal to Comply with a Breath Demand, contrary to the Criminal Code<\/li>\n<li>Driving a motor vehicle with open liquor, contrary to the Liquor Licence Act<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The driver was issued a 90-day licence suspension, released from custody and is to attend court on a future date. The vehicle was impounded for 7 days.<\/p>\n<p>The OPP is committed to road safety and encourage motorists to contact police at 1-888-310-1122 or 911 if you suspect impaired driving. You can also provide anonymous information by contacting Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.ontariocrimestoppers.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officers from the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged one individual with failure or refusal to comply with demand. On October 10, 2026 at approximately 10:30 p.m. officers with the Nipigon OPP were notified of a suspected impaired driver involved in a domestic violence related incident from the Greenstone area. The &#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-87212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northern-ontario"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-21 11:01:24","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\/87212","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=87212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87213,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87212\/revisions\/87213"}],"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=87212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}