(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – Four people have been charged following investigations into separate impaired driving incidents.
On Friday, August 29, 2025, at approximately 8:21 p.m., a Norfolk County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer conducted a traffic stop on Norfolk Street North in Simcoe, which led to an investigation.
After a roadside sobriety test, the driver was taken into custody without incident.
As a result, 28-year-old Louie KOVACS of Norfolk County was charged with the following alleged offences:
- Operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs,
- Follow too closely,
- Unnecessary noise.
The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Simcoe on Tuesday, September 9, 2025.
On Saturday, August 30, 2025, at approximately 11:52 a.m., the Norfolk County OPP received a report of a suspected impaired driver on Walker Street in Port Dover.
Officers located the vehicle on Walker Street and, after conducting a roadside sobriety test, took the driver into custody without incident.
As a result, 54-year-old Paolo D’AMBROSI of Mississauga, Ontario, was charged with the following alleged offences:
- Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus),
- Operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs.
The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Simcoe on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.
On Sunday, August 31, 2025, at approximately 4:28 p.m., the Norfolk County OPP, together with the Norfolk County Fire Department and Norfolk County Paramedic Services, responded to a collision between a pickup truck and a motorcycle on Fertilizer Road in Delhi.
The driver of the pickup truck was taken into custody following a roadside sobriety test, while the motorcycle operator was airlifted to a trauma centre with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
As a result, 43-year-old O’Dean FORREST of Mississauga, Ontario, was charged with the following alleged offence:
- Operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs.
The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Simcoe on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.
On Sunday, August 31, 2025, at approximately 10:19 p.m., the Norfolk County OPP responded to a single-vehicle collision involving a sport utility vehicle on Charlotteville East Quarter Line Road in Simcoe. No injuries were reported.
The driver was taken into custody without incident after completing a roadside sobriety test.
As a result, 25-year-old Paul KOPTIE of Norfolk County was charged with the following alleged offence:
- Operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs.
The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Simcoe on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
If you observe a driver or operator you suspect may be impaired, contact the OPP or the nearest police authority by dialing 9-1-1.