Matthew Sloss charged with high-speed impaired driving

CITY POLICE

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************************* Impaired driver arrested

Officers with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service arrested 22-year-old Matthew Sloss of 16 Root River Trailer Park at 2:15 a.m. this morning and charged him with one count of impaired driving and one count of consuming over the legal limit.

It is alleged that around 2:13 a.m. this morning, officers on routine patrol observed a Chevy Camaro that was westbound on St. Georges Avenue travelling at a very high rate of speed and in an erratic manner in the area of Walnut and Birch Street.

Officers stopped and checked the vehicle on Walnut Street and at the time the driver, the accused, was found to be under the influence of alcohol and was subsequently arrested.

He is to appear in court on the 20th of December.

************************* Assault on female

Officers with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service arrested 68-year-old Roderick Mackay of #1-664 Frontenac Street on the 16th of November at 7:37 p.m. at his residence and charged him with one count of assault.

It is alleged that on the 16th of November at approximately 12:50 p.m., the accused assaulted a female by punching her in the arm area while outside of her residence.

************************* Disqualified driver arrested Officers with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service arrested 43-year-old Sean McLarty of 55 Edison Avenue at 2:15 a.m. this morning on Northland Road and charged him with one count of drive while disqualified.

It is alleged that officers observed the accused operating a Ford pickup on Wellington Street West and at the time he was disqualified from driving.

He is to appear in court on the 20th of December.

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