Harold ROBERSTON – Was Arrested

(SUDBURY, ON) – One person was arrested and charged after the Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) system alerted officers of a possible suspended driver.

On September 20, 2024, at approximately 9:50 a.m., members from the Nipissing West (Sudbury) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on general patrol, and conducted a traffic stop with a vehicle on Goodview Road, in the City of Greater Sudbury, when the ALPPR alerted officers of a suspended driver.

The driver was found to be a prohibited driver and was arrested, as a result of the investigation, Harold ROBERSTON, 67-years-of-age, from Falconbridge, was charged with:

• Operation while prohibited under the Criminal Code – two counts
• Driving while under suspension – two counts
• Operate a motor vehicle without insurance
• Use plate not authorized for vehicle

The accused was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on October 9, 2024, in Sudbury. The vehicle was impounded for 45-days, at the cost of the owner.

All OPP patrol vehicles are equipped with ALPR technology. ALPR has proven to be an effective way to increase the efficiency of discovering and conducting investigations related to both traffic and criminal offences. It does so by detecting licence plates that are linked to occurrences such as wanted or missing persons, stolen vehicles, stolen and unattached plates, suspended/prohibited drivers, vehicles associated with AMBER Alerts and other serious occurrences.

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