{"id":87516,"date":"2026-10-23T08:04:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=87516"},"modified":"2026-10-23T08:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:04:48","slug":"ssm-opp-traffic-complaint-leads-to-impaired-driving-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/ssm-opp-traffic-complaint-leads-to-impaired-driving-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"SSM OPP – Traffic Complaint leads to Impaired Driving Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A traffic complaint has resulted in an impaired driving charge for one local individual.<\/p>\n

On October 15, 2026, at approximately 2:41 p.m., an officer with the Sault Ste. Marie OPP was conducting stationary patrol on Highway 17 in Aweres Township, when they were approached by a member of the public reporting a possible impaired driver who had just left the area in a black pick-up truck, heading towards Sault Ste. Marie. Police patrolled south and located the vehicle on Sackville Road. A traffic stop was conducted, and investigation revealed the driver had consumed alcoholic beverages.<\/p>\n

As a result, Paul KOWALYK, 58 years-of-age, of Sault Ste. Marie was arrested and charged with one count of operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus).<\/p>\n

The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on November 16, 2026 in Sault Ste. Marie. The accused was issued a 90-day Administrative Drivers Licence Suspension, and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.<\/p>\n

Thank you to the concerned citizen who reported this dangerous driving behaviour. If you think a driver is impaired by alcohol, drugs or even fatigue, please call 9-1-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A traffic complaint has resulted in an impaired driving charge for one local individual. On October 15, 2026, at approximately 2:41 p.m., an officer with the Sault Ste. Marie OPP was conducting stationary patrol on Highway 17 in Aweres Township, when they were approached by a member of the public reporting a possible impaired driver …<\/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-87516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87516","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=87516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87517,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87516\/revisions\/87517"}],"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=87516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}