NEWS RELEASE
TIMMINS POLICE SERVICE
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Senior officials with the Timmins Police Service as well as MADD chapter representatives are not at all pleased with a recent spike in the incidents involving Impaired driving offences. From Aug. 15 to today’s date a total of four persons have been charged with impaired driving related offences stemming from separate and preventable circumstances.
The Timmins Police Service charged a local man with impaired driving related offences stemming from an incident which occurred during the afternoon hours of Thursday, Aug. 15. Responding to a report of a vehicle in the ditch off of Goldmine Road, a Timmins Police Service officer located the vehicle involved and proceeded to interview the driver based on the observations made by the officer who completed sophisticated testing in terms of a standard field sobriety testing procedures, the driver was arrested and taken into custody to complete further analysis by a drug recognition expert officer at the station.
Further investigation revealed that the driver was bound by conditions imposed upon him by the Provincial Court stemming from a separate incident.
As a result of the incident, Donald Patry, 35, of Timmins, Ontario, has been charged with:
- Operate motor vehicle while impaired contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- Fail to comply with recognizance contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
The accused was released from police custody but must attend at provincial court in Timmins on Sept. 3 to answer to the charges laid against him.
Additionally, the Timmins Police Service has charged a local man with impaired driving related offences stemming from an incident which occurred during the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 18.
Responding to a report of a motor vehicle collision on Bruce Avenue in South Porcupine, a Timmins Police Service officer located the vehicle involved and the alleged driver of the vehicle. The driver was interviewed by the responding Timmins Police Service officer. Based on the observations made by the officer, and the results of a breath sample taken by means of an approved screening device, the driver was arrested and taken into custody to complete further breath testing procedures.
As a result of the incident, Jeffrey Tjihoreko, 28, of South Porcupine, Ontario, has been charged with:
- Operate motor vehicle while impaired contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- Operate motor vehicle while blood concentration exceed 80 mgs contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
The accused was released from police custody but must attend at Provincial Court in Timmins on Aug. 27 to answer to the charges laid against him.
Additionally, the Timmins Police Service has charged a local man with impaired driving related offences stemming from an incident which occurred during the early morning hours of Sunday, Aug. 18.
While completing general patrols of the downtown core of Timmins, a Timmins Police Service officer took note of a vehicle proceed at an apparent high rate of speed through the stop sign controlled intersection at Third Avenue and Mount-joy Street South.
A traffic stop was initiated by the officer and he made observations regarding the sobriety of the driver. Based on the observations made by the officer, and the results of a breath sample taken by means of an approved screening device, the driver was arrested and taken into custody to complete further breath testing procedures. Further investigation revealed that the driver was bound by conditions imposed upon him by the Provincial Court stemming from a separate incident.
As a result of the incident, Mbanjanda Albert, 29, of Timmins, Ontario, has been charged with:
- Operate motor vehicle while impaired contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- Operate motor vehicle while blood concentration exceed 80 mgs contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- Two counts of fail to comply with recognizance contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
The accused had a bail hearing where he was released from custody but must attend at Provincial Court in Timmins in September to answer to the charges laid against him.
Additionally, the Timmins Police Service has charged a New Liskeard man with impaired driving related offences stemming from an incident which occurred during the afternoon hours of Sunday, Aug. 18.
Responding to a report of a motor vehicle in the ditch off of Hwy 655 in the area of Boychuk Road, a Timmins Police Service officer located the vehicle involved and the alleged driver of the vehicle. The driver was initially taken to the Timmins and District Hospital and eventually arrested by the investigating Timmins Police Service officer. Based on the observations made by the officer, and the results of a breath sample taken at the police station the accused was charged with the pertinent offences related to the event.
As a result of the incident, Joey-Lee Wabie-Roy, 25, of New Liskeard, Ontario, has been charged with:
- Operate motor vehicle while impaired contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- Operate motor vehicle while blood concentration exceed 80 mgs contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
The accused was released from police custody but must attend at Provincial Court in Timmins on Sept. 17 to answer to the charges laid against him.
While these matters are still before the courts, the Timmins Police Service and its community partners, the MADD chapter and Arrive Alive are distressed by these preventable and avoidable sets of circumstances.
Traffic Sergeant Tom Chypyha adds “The motoring public must recognize their responsibilities in regards to making appropriate decisions before taking the wheel. Impaired Driving, at its very core, is a criminal act based on poor decision making. The consequences are real. Timmins Police Service officers take this form of criminal activity very seriously as it places the driver and anyone he or she encounters at unnecessary risk.”
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