NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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SPANISH - On Dec. 23, 2017, shortly after 8 a.m., members from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment received information of an impaired driver in a pick-up truck that had just left the Town of Espanola and was westbound returning to the Town of Spanish.
Shortly after 8:30 a.m., police observed the westbound pick-up truck on Highway 17 in the Town of Spanish. The officer activated the emergency lights on the cruiser where the vehicle turned onto Cutler Avenue and a traffic stop was initiated.
While speaking to the male driver the officer determined the driver had been consuming alcohol. The male was arrested and taken to Blind River Detachment.
As a result of the investigation, Blake Joncas, 28 years of age from Spanish, Ont. was charged with driving with more than 80 milligrams of alcohol in blood, contrary to section 253(1)(b) of the Criminal Code.
The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Blind River on Feb. 1, 2018.
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