(KAPUSKASING, ON) – In two separate incidents, James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to traffic complaints leading to impaired charges.
On April 8, 2024, shortly before 12:00 p.m., a concerned citizen approached the James Bay OPP in Kapuskasing to report a suspected impaired driver of a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) on Highway 11.
The OPP was able to locate the subject CMV, which was travelling east bound out of Kapuskasing on Highway 11. Upon speaking with the driver, police determined that the driver had been consuming an intoxicating substance. The driver was arrested and transported to the Kapuskasing detachment for further testing.
As a result of the investigation, Tony OSMOND, 54 years of age of West Saint Paul, MB, was charged with operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs.
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on June 17, 2024 in Kapuskasing.