(BURWASH TOWNSHIP, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police charged the driver that fled from a traffic stop.
On Monday April 21, 2025, at approximately 2:35 p.m., the Nipissing West (Sudbury) Detachment of the OPP conducted a traffic stop on Highway 69, Burwash Township, south of Sudbury.
While police were conducting an investigation with the driver, who had provided false documents, the vehicle fled north towards Sudbury. The driver was later identified and arrested on April 23, 2025, by Greater Sudbury Police Service.
As a result of the investigation, Eron ROCHESTER, 28 years-of-age, from Toronto, was charged with:
- Flight from peace officer
- Dangerous operation
- Obstruct Peace Officer
- Personation with intent to avoid arrest, prosecution or obstruct justice (Identity fraud)
- Possession of an identity document
- Use document without authority
- Failure to comply with release order – other than to attend court -two counts
The accused was held for Bail Court and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on April 24, 2025, in Sudbury.