(SUDBURY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested and charged a driver with impaired driving offences after receiving several traffic reports from the public.
On February 21, 2025, at approximately 4:30 p.m., the Nipissing West Detachment of the OPP responded to several traffic complaints of a possible impaired driver travelling east, from Nairn Centre on Highway 17, Sudbury.
The vehicle was located, and a novice driver was arrested for impaired driving, then transported to an OPP detachment for further testing.
As a result of the investigation, Evan BELANGER, 32 years-of-age, from Frankford, was charged with:
- Operation while impaired – alcohol
- Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
- Dangerous operation
- Operation while prohibited under the Criminal Code
- Drive motor vehicle – not equipped with ignition interlock device
- Driving while under suspension – two counts
- Novice driver – Blood Alcohol Concentration above zero
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on March 19, 2025, in Sudbury.
The driver was issued a 90-day Administrative Driver’s Licence Suspension and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
The OPP would like to remind the public that if you see a possible impaired driver on our roadways, waterways, or trails, please “Make the Call,” and dial 9-1-1 as impaired driving never ends well, please plan a way to get home safely.