(IROQUOIS FALLS) – An officer with the Iroquois Falls Ontario Provincial Police has arrested and charged a Monteith driver for driving while being over the legal limit during the early morning hours of November 23rd, on Main Street in Iroquois Falls.
While conducting sobriety checks of area drivers in keeping with the festive RIDE campaign, an OPP officer had stopped a Pontiac G-5 passenger vehicle.
The driver was interviewed and, based on observations made by the OPP officer, was required to complete an on-site breath test procedure.
Based on the outcome of that breath test, the driver was arrested and taken to the Iroquois Falls OPP detachment to complete Intoxilyzer breath testing procedures.
Additionally, an open bottle of liquor was located within the vehicle.
As a result of the investigative steps taken by the OPP, Daryl SOPCHYSHYN, 24, of
Monteith, Ontario, has been charged with:
– Operate Motor Vehicle – over 80 Mgs contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada.
– Having Care and Control of a Motor Vehicle with an open Container of Liquor contrary to the Liquor Licence Act
SOPCHYSHYN has been released from police custody with a first appearance court date of January 7th, 2014 at Provincial Court in Timmins to answer to the criminal charge laid against him.