(WEST NIPISSING, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested and charged a driver after investigating a parked vehicle.
On Monday September 1, 2025, at approximately 7:50 a.m., members from the Nipissing West Detachment of the OPP responded to a parked vehicle on Cache Bay Road, West Nipissing.
Police located the vehicle parked, still running and the driver sleeping in the driver’s seat. The driver was found to be impaired by drugs and was arrested, then transported to the OPP detachment.
As a result of the investigation, Andre GAGNON, 38 years-of-age, from West Nipissing, was charged with, operation while impaired – drugs and operation while impaired – blood drug concentration.
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on Thursday November 6, 2025, in North Bay.
The driver was issued a 90-day Administrative Driver’s Licence Suspension and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.