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OPP charge male for Impaired driving and drug trafficking

Jarrett Lawrence Rydall, 28 years of age, from Laird Township, ON, faces numerous charges after police found him in the driver's seat of a parked, running vehicle
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ONTARIO PUBLIC POLICE

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THESSALON, ON – On April 27, 2016 at 12:45 a.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a parked motor vehicle running on Francis Street in the Town of Thessalon. 

While speaking with the driver, the police determined that the male driver had been consuming alcoholic beverages. 

As a result of the investigation, Jarrett Lawrence Rydall, 28 years of age, from Laird Township, ON, was arrested and charged with:

  • Driving While Ability Impaired – Motor Vehicle (Alcohol), contrary to section 253(1)(a) of the Criminal Code;

  • Driving with More than 80 mgs of Alcohol in Blood, contrary to section 253(1)(b) of the Criminal Code;

  • Possession of a Schedule I Substance – Cocaine, contrary to section 4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substance Act;

  • Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the purpose of Trafficking – Cocaine, contrary to section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substance Act and;

  • Driving While Under Suspension, contrary to section 53(1.1) of the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario

The accused was released on a Promise to Appear and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Blind River, on June 9, 2016.

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