(MATTAWA, ON) – Twelve drivers have been charged with impaired driving offences by the North Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in the month of July 2025. One of those individuals was arrested after entering a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) program checkpoint in Mattawa.
On Friday, July 25, 2025, at approximately 10:30 p.m., the North Bay OPP were conducting a RIDE program on Pine Street in Mattawa. Officers spoke with the driver of a vehicle entering the checkpoint and determined the individual had been consuming an alcoholic beverage. The driver was arrested and transported to the Mattawa OPP detachment for further testing.
As a result of the investigation, George EBBS, 61 years-of-age from Mattawa, was charged with operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus).
The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in North Bay on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. Additionally, the individual received a 90-day Administrative Driver’s Licence Suspension (ADLS), and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
The OPP remains committed to taking alcohol- and drug-impaired drivers off our roads through enforcement and public education.
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