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More Impaired Drivers Arrested

Source: OPP
Date: Wed Nov 6 05:09:31 MST 2024

(PETAWAWA, ON) � Four area residents are facing Criminal Code (CC) impaired driving charges after separate incidents in the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment area.

On October 31, 2024, at approximately 2:00 p.m. members of the UOV OPP conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle on Petawawa Boulevard in Petawawa. As part of the investigation a Roadside Screening Device was utilized, and the driver was transported to the detachment for further testing.

As a result of this investigation 69-year-old Lawrence CHAPIESKI of Petawawa has been charged with the following CC offences:



Operation while impaired � alcohol
Operation while impaired � blood alcohol concentration 80mg plus
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on December 3, 2024.

On November 2, 2024, at approximately 1:45 a.m. members of the UOV OPP conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle on Petawawa Boulevard in Petawawa. As part of the investigation a Roadside Screening Device was utilized, and the driver was transported to the detachment for further testing.

As a result of this investigation 25-year-old Cole BIRCH of Chalk River has been charged with the following CC and Liquor Licence and Control Act (LLCA) offences:

Operation while impaired � alcohol
Operation while impaired � blood alcohol concentration 80mg plus
Having care or control of a motor vehicle with an open container of liquor
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on December 16, 2024.

On November 2, 2024, at approximately 3:30 a.m. members of the UOV OPP conducted a traffic stop of a speeding vehicle on Petawawa Boulevard in Petawawa. As part of the investigation a Standard Field Sobriety Test (SFST) was conducted, and further testing was conducted by a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) officer at the detachment. Suspected cocaine was seized by police during the investigation.

As a result of this investigation 37-year-old Cory Edward POPKIE of Pembroke has been charged with the following CC, LLCA, Highway Traffic Act (HTA) and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) offences:

Operation while impaired � drugs
Possession of a schedule I substance � cocaine
Speeding 1-49Km/h over the posted limit
Driving motor vehicle with open container of liquor
Driving while under suspension � two counts
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on December 10, 2024.

On November 4, at approximately 6:00 p.m., officers from the UOV OPP responded to a single-vehicle collision on Doran Road in Laurentian Valley Township after a pickup truck left the roadway and entered the ditch. The driver, who was the lone occupant, was not injured. The driver was arrested and transported to the detachment for testing.

As a result of this investigation 30-year-old Stephan MURPHY of Whitewater Region has been charged with the following CC offences:

Operation while impaired � alcohol
Operation while impaired � blood alcohol concentration 80mg plus
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on December 3, 2024.

The accused individuals had their driver�s licence suspended for 90 days and their vehicles were towed and impounded for seven days.

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