(SOUTHWEST MIDDLESEX, ON) – Driver facing multiple charges after traffic stop.
On December 14, 2024, at 1:55 a.m., a member of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), while performing a traffic enforcement initiative on Longwoods Road in Southwest Middlesex, observed a vehicle travelling in excess of the 50km/h speed limit.
The vehicle turned into an address on Haggerty Road, at which time a traffic stop was initiated.
It was determined the driver turned into the address in an effort to elude police.
The driver was arrested and transported to the Middlesex OPP detachment.
As a result, David JEDRIAK, a 58-year-old of Wardsville, has been charged under the Criminal Code, Highway Traffic Act and Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act with:
· Operation while impaired – alcohol
· Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
· Operation While Prohibited under the Criminal Code
· Trespassing at Night
· Speeding 1 – 49 Km/h over posted limit
· Use plate not authorized for vehicle
· Fail to surrender permit for motor vehicle
· Fail to surrender insurance card
The accused has been released from police custody and is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice to speak to the charges on March 4, 2025.