(MINDEMOYA, ON) – At approximately 10:30 p.m., on December 9, 2016, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Communications Centre in North Bay received a 9-1-1 call reporting a suspected impaired driver travelling on Highway 551 between M’Chigeeng First Nation and Mindemoya. The automobile was located by members of the Manitoulin Detachment of the OPP. The investigating officer determined the driver had consumed alcohol, and the driver was arrested.
As a result of this investigation, Julian Isreal MIGWANS, age 37 of M’Chigeeng First Nation, Ontario has been charged with impaired driving, and exceeding the legal limit of alcohol in his blood, contrary to section 253(1)(a) & 253(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada.
The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Gore Bay on January 17, 2017.
The OPP is reminding motorists that there is no safe amount of alcohol consumption when driving. Anyone who suspects a driver is driving while impaired is urged to call police by dialing 9-1-1 immediately.