A 60 year old Sturgeon Falls male has been charged with operating a vehicle while impaired and possession of Methamphetamine.

Nipissing West OPP say they were on patrol early Monday morning in Sturgeon when they stopped an e-bike that didn’t have a red light at the rear.

Upon further investigation, officers uncovered a small amount of drugs suspected to be Cannabis and Methamphetamine.

(impaired)

There have now been 34 motorists charged with impaired driving in the North Bay OPP Detachment area.

The last two were a 24 year old Chisholm Township man and a 38 year old St. Catharines man.

Police say they were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) spot check on the bypass in North Bay early last Friday morning when a vehicle approached and officers had to jump out of the way to avoid being struck.

Once the car stopped, charges were laid against the Chisholm Township male.

Meantime, the next day police received a call about a vehicle travelling on Highway 11 in the city without any lights and had almost caused a head-on collision travelling in the wrong lane.

The vehicle lost control and flipped into the ditch and charges were then laid.

(stats)

North Bay OPP have detailed more about the 34 motorists charged with driving while impaired this year.

79 % of those charged are male, 41 % are between the ages of 20-29, 44 % occurred overnight, 32 % were called in as traffic complaints and 24 % of the charges were laid on a Sunday.

(assault)

Charges have been laid in connection with two people fighting with baseball bats on Cache Bay Road on Monday.

Police say before the fight which was broken up by an off duty police officer another fight took place in a Cache Bay Road residence with one person assaulted.

Police say the person wanted in that assault was assaulted by two others in the street incident.

Three people, all from Sturgeon Falls-a 44 year old male, a 24 year old male and a 24 year old female have been charged.

The charges include assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, break and enter and assault.

(photo by station staff)

Filed under: assault, impaired driving, Nipissing West OPP