(MARKSTAY-WARREN, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested and charged a driver with impaired driving offences.
On February 22, 2025, at approximately 10:25 p.m., the Nipissing West Detachment of the OPP responded to a traffic complaint of a possible impaired driver on Nepewassi Lake Road, Markstay-Warren.
A concern motorist assisted another vehicle out of a ditch, and believed the driver was impaired by alcohol. Police attended the scene and arrest the driver who had driven into the ditch for impaired driving, then transported the driver to an OPP detachment for further testing.
As a result of the investigation, Kenneth NIPIUS, 52 years-of-age, from Markstay-Warren, was charged with, operation while impaired – alcohol, and operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus).
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.