Emmery McGINNIS – Drunk Driving

(Fort Frances, ON) – A Fort Frances OPP officer investigating a traffic complaint gets into a foot pursuit with the impaired driver.   

On September 15, 2024, at approximately 7:00 pm, the Fort Frances Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint about a possible impaired driver. An officer located the subject vehicle stopped on Highway 11 in Watten Township near George Armstrong Drive.

As the officer approached, the driver exited the vehicle and fled on foot. The officer engaged in a foot pursuit and the driver was promptly taken into custody. Investigation revealed the driver was obviously impaired and criminally prohibited from driving.

Emmery McGINNIS, 41-years-old from Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation (Red Gut) is charged criminally with impaired operation alcohol and drugs, impaired operation blood alcohol concentration 80 mgs and over, and operation while prohibited under the Criminal Code.

The accused was additionally charged by way of offence notices with open liquor and cannabis offences. The accused’s vehicle was impounded for seven days, and an additional administrative suspension was issued.  The accused was released by police and is scheduled to have first appearance in the Fort Frances Ontario Court of Justice on November 4, 2024.

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