Mitchell GAGNER Was Arrested

(SUDBURY, ON) – Police arrested and charged a driver with impaired driving related offences, after receiving a 9-1-1 call.

On August 7, 2024, shortly before 12:00 p.m., the Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a 9-1-1 call regarding a possible impaired driver on Highway 17, Sudbury.

The vehicle was traveling higher than the posted speed limit and passing vehicles in an unsafe manner

Police located and stopped the vehicle, the driver was arrested for impaired driving and then transported to the Greater Sudbury Police Service for further testing.

A search of the vehicle located open liquor and cannabis.

As a result of the investigation, Mitchell GAGNER, 31 years-of-age, from Tupperville, was charged with:

• Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
• Operation while impaired – alcohol
• Dangerous operation
• Drive vehicle or boat with cannabis readily available
• Driving motor vehicle with unsealed container of liquor

The accused was release and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on September 4, 2024, in Sudbury.

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

The OPP would like to remind the public that if you see a possible impaired driver on our roadways, waterways, or trails, please “Make the Call,” and dial 9-1-1 as impaired driving never ends well, please plan a way to get home safely.

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