(ENGLEHART, ON) – A person observed sleeping behind the wheel of a vehicle near a school in Englehart, leads to one person being charged with impaired and drug possession.
On February 20, 2025, at approximately 8:40 a.m., members of the Englehart and Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to a person who appeared to be asleep behind the wheel of a vehicle on Third Street in Englehart.
The OPP located the vehicle and the occupant at the scene. As a result of the investigation, the occupant was arrested for impaired driving and transported to detachment for further testing with the assistance of a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE).
Marcel WIDDIFIELD, 39 years-of-age of Kirkland Lake, was charged with:
- Operation while impaired – drugs
- Possession of Schedule 1 Substance – Cocaine
The driver was issued a 90-day Administrative Driver’s Licence Suspension (ADLS), and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Haileybury, on March 4, 2025.
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