RYDALL – Drunk Driving, Trafficking Cocaine

(THESSALON, ON) – On April 27, 2016 at 12:45 a.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a parked motor vehicle running on Francis Street in the Town of Thessalon.

While speaking with the driver, the police determined that the male driver had been consuming alcoholic beverages.

As a result of the investigation, Jarrett Lawrence RYDALL, 28 years of age, from Laird Township, ON, was arrested and charged with:

Driving While Ability Impaired – Motor Vehicle (Alcohol), contrary to section 253(1)(a) of the Criminal Code;

Driving with More than 80 mgs of Alcohol in Blood, contrary to section 253(1)(b) of the Criminal Code;

Possession of a Schedule I Substance – Cocaine, contrary to section 4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substance Act;

Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the purpose of Trafficking – Cocaine, contrary to section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substance Act and;

Driving While Under Suspension, contrary to section 53(1.1) of the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario

The accused was released on a Promise to Appear and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Blind River, on June 9, 2016.

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