NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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SPANISH – On May 22, 2020, shortly after 4 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint of a possible impaired driver on a three-wheeler popping wheelies and driving through people's yards in the area of Stolar Crescent in the Town of Spanish.
Police located the three-wheeler on Stolar Crescent. After speaking with the driver, officers concluded alcohol had been consumed.
As a result of the investigation, Samuel Sharpe, age 21, from Spanish, was charged with:
- Operation While Impaired-Alcohol and Drugs, contrary to section 320.14(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (CC),
- Operation While Impaired-Blood Alcohol Concentration (80 plus) contrary to section 320.14(1)(b) of the CC,
- Driving While Under Suspension, contrary to section 53(1) of the Highway Traffic Act (HTA),
- Novice Driver-Blood Alcohol Concentration above Zero, contrary to section 44.1(3) of the HTA; and with
- Not Properly Insured, contrary to section 17- Ontario Regulation 316/03 of the HTA.
The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Blind River on July 2, 2020. The accused was issued a 90-day Administrative Drivers Licence Suspension (ADLS) and the three-wheeler was impounded for seven days.
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