(BLIND RIVER, ON)- The East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid 30 impaired by alcohol charges and 8 impaired by drug charges in 2024.
On September 15, 2024, at approximately 6:00 p.m., police responded to a possible impaired driver that was consuming alcohol and smoking cannabis marihuana while parked at a local fast food restaurant parking lot on Causley Street in the Town of Blind River.
Police attended the parking lot and located the driver of the vehicle. While speaking to the driver, police determined that the driver had been consuming an intoxicating substance. The driver was arrested and transported to the Blind River detachment for further testing.
As a result, Sauro GREGANTI, 68 years-of-age from Sault Ste Marie was charged with: Operation while impaired-drugs.
The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on November 7, 2024. The accused was also issued a 90-day Administrative Drivers Licence Suspension (ADLS), and the vehicle was impounded for 7 days.
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