OPP charge Sudbury motorists with impaired, other offences

The Sudbury detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police charged a few Sudbury motorists with driving and other offences in the last two weeks.

In a news release Friday, the OPP said one charge resulted from a complaint from the public. It took place Monday after a tip about a vehicle travelling eastbound on Highway 17 from Espanola “being operated by a male possibly impaired by alcohol.”

Police caught up with him within the boundaries of the city, the release said.

“Police initiated a traffic stop and determined that the driver and four passengers had consumed alcohol and that there was open liquor inside the vehicle,” the release said.

As a result of the investigation, a 39-year-year-old man from Sudbury was arrested and charged with impaired driving, driving while his license was suspended and while there was open liquor in the vehicle. His car was also impounded for seven days. He'll appear in Sudbury court April 13.

The four passengers travelling with him were charged with consuming liquor in other than licenced premises, residence or private place.

“The OPP is reminding motorists that there is no safe amount of alcohol or drug consumption when driving,” the release said. “Anyone who suspects a driver is driving while impaired is urged to call police by dialing 911 immediately.”

Later Monday on Agnew Lake road in Sables-Spanish Rivers Township, OPP caught another man, 29, and charged him with driving with a suspended license and driving without a valid permit. He'll appear in Espanola court on May.

On March 15 at 6:43 p.m., Sudbury OPP received a call about a vehicle being “operated erratically on Highway 144, north of Cartier,” the release said.

“Police patrolled the area (where) it was determined that the driver had consumed alcohol.”

A 36-year-year-old Sudbury woman, was arrested and charged with refuse to provide a breath sample, contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada.

“Her driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the vehicle she was operating was impounded for seven days,” the release said.

She'll appear in Sudbury court April 13.

On March 14, the OPP's Highway Safety Division conducted R.I.D.E. checks at the intersection of Highway 69 and Highway 64, in the Municipality of French River.

Around 8:30 p.m., officers checked a southbound vehicle and “detected the odour of marijuana emanating from interior of the vehicle,” the release said. “As a result of the investigation, police located and seized a quantity of drugs inside the pickup truck.”

The driver, 49, is from Sudbury, was arrested and charged with possessing methamphetamine and marijuana. He'll appear in Sudbury court May 25.