2 Arrested After Fleeing Police – Names Released

(WEST NIPISSING, ON) – Two people have been arrested and charged after they fled from police.

On December 14, 2024, at approximately 9:20 a.m., the Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a possible impaired driver, in a parked vehicle at a business on Front Street, West Nipissing.

When police attended the parking vehicle, the vehicle fled from police. The vehicle was later located in a ditch, abandoned. A search of the area located the two occupants from the vehicle, who were arrested.

A search of the abandoned vehicle, led to the seizure of a prohibited edged weapon and drugs suspected to be cocaine.

As a result of the investigation, the driver Natacha YOUNG, 39 years-of-age, from Central Frontenac, was charged with:

• Operation while impaired – drugs
• Operation while prohibited under the Criminal Code
• Occupant of motor vehicle knowing there was prohibited or restricted weapon
• Possession of a schedule I substance
• Fail to stop for police

The driver was issued a 90-day Administrative Driver’s Licence Suspension and the vehicle was impounded for 45 days.

The passenger, Cory MITCHELL, 31 years-of-age, from Carleton Place, was charged with:

• Fail to comply with Probation Order – four counts
• Unauthorized possession of weapon
• Occupant of motor vehicle knowing there was prohibited or restricted weapon
• Possession of a schedule I substance

Both accused were released and are scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on January 2, 2025, in North Bay.

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