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Traffic stop leads to impaired charge for Wawa driver

The accused was issued a 90-day automatic drivers licence suspension, and the vehicle was impounded for seven days
02MAR17 ELGIN PHOTO
File photo courtesy of OPP

NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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WAWA - On Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018, at approximately 1:15 a.m., officers from the Superior East (Wawa) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on a motor vehicle travelling on Third Avenue, Wawa.

After speaking with the male driver, officers detected an odour of alcohol on his breath. As a result Jesse Newman Millette age 27, of Wawa, Ont. was arrested and charged with the following offence:

  • Adult driving with more than 80 mgs of alcohol in blood contrary to section 253(1) (b) of the Criminal Code of Canada.

The accused was issued a 90-day automatic drivers licence suspension (ADLS), and the vehicle was impounded for seven days. 

The accused is to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Wawa, Ont., on April 9, 2018.

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