The East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged a Blind River resident after it is alleged they attended a Thessalon residence unannounced Saturday morning and continued to call and text the complainant.
The accused is the ex-spouse of the complainant, a news release issued today by OPP states.
The 24-year-old accused was later apprehended near Sudbury and was returned to the East Algoma OPP Detachment by Sudbury OPP.
Full text of the OPP release follows:
THESSALON - On Nov. 7, 2020 shortly after 9:30 a.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a breach of conditions where [it is alleged that] an ex-spouse attended a residence of an ex-common-law partner in the Town of Thessalon.
The investigation determined the ex-spouse showed up unannounced and continues to text and call the complainant and had left the residence in a vehicle possibly headed eastbound on Highway 17.
On Nov. 8, 2020 shortly after 1:15 a.m., members from the Sudbury Detachment of the OPP observed a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed and initiated a traffic stop west to the Town of Lively.
Investigation determined the driver was unlicensed [and] had plates on the vehicle that weren't authorized for that vehicle. A query revealed the driver was the ex-spouse that left Thessalon the day prior and was wanted out of the East Algoma OPP detachment.
At approximately 3:06 a.m., the driver/ex-spouse was returned to members of the East Algoma OPP Detachment.
Members from the East Algoma and the Sudbury OPP charged the 24-year-old driver/ex-spouse from Blind River with:
• two counts of failure to comply with undertaking, contrary to section 145(4)(a) of the Criminal Code
• Speeding, contrary to section 128 of the Highway Traffic Act (HTA)
• Drive motor vehicle - no licence, contrary to section 32(1) of the HTA
• Use plates not authorized for vehicle, contrary to section 12(1)(d) of the HTA
The accused appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice Video Bail in Blind River on Nov. 8, 2020 and was remanded into custody.