Larry Douglas Atkinson charged with drinking and driving

OPP NEWS RELEASES

************************* First weekend of Festive RIDE results in one arrest

SAULT STE. MARIE, ON - If you choose to drink, choose not to drive.

Officers from the Sault Ste. Marie OPP Detachment and their policing partners will be out for Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) at roadside checkpoints on local area roadways during the holiday season.

Sault Ste. Marie Detachment and Highway Safety Division officers were actively engaged in RIDE this past weekend.

RIDE was conducted in 10 separate locations.

A total of 588 vehicles were checked resulting in one highway traffic act charge.

During a joint RIDE initiative with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service on November 28 at 11:59 p.m. on Second Line, one drinking driver was arrested.

Charged with driving with more than the legal limit of alcohol is Larry Douglas Atkinson, date of birth November 29, 1958, of 350 Langdon Rd, Sault Ste. Marie.

************************* Cottage break and enter

A cottage property on Iron River Rd in MacDonald Township was broken into sometime between November 25 and 28.

Stolen from the property was a 2001 Skidoo, registration # 888345; 4500-watt Honda generator; Hummingbird fish finder; ice auger; red Cabella rain suit; and, a set of Snake Bite golf clubs.

Anyone with information on this crime or any other crime can call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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