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Police spot missing licence plate. Charge ensues

Police say an Elliot Lake man shouldn't have been with the passenger
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NEWS RELEASE

ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE

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On Sept.  29, 2017, at 4:09 p.m. members of the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on general patrol duties on Highway 108 in the City of Elliot Lake.

Police observed a vehicle to have only one Ontario license plate affixed to the rear. A subsequent traffic stop was conducted and the male driver was spoken to. After investigation, police learned the male driver was on conditions not to be with the female passenger.   

Joseph Donnelly, 62 years of age, of Elliot Lake, Ont., was charged with:

  • Fail to comply with recognizance, contrary to section 145(3) of the Criminal Code (CC)

The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake, Ont. on Oct. 31, 2017.

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