Ontario Provincial Police have charged a resident of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation following an ATV traffic stop earlier this month.
Police say officers with the Upper Ottawa Valley detachment observed an all-terrain vehicle being driven erratically and disobeying stop signs on the afternoon of Jan. 5. The ATV was stopped on Kokomis Road, where a roadside screening device was used as part of the investigation.
A 49-year-old man is charged with failure or refusal to comply with a demand under the Criminal Code, as well as several Highway Traffic Act offences, including performing a stunt, driving without a licence, driving while under suspension, failing to drive on the shoulder, and two counts of disobeying a stop sign.
Police say the man’s driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the ATV was towed and impounded for 14 days. He was released and is scheduled to appear in Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke on Feb. 10.
(Steve Berard)
