A driver arrested for speeding on Highway 11 in Powassan faces 12 charges after being pulled over by the OPP. They include using a plate not authorized for the vehicle and not having insurance.
On the evening of January 11, an officer from the Powassan Detachment was patrolling Highway 11 in Powassan and stopped a motor vehicle for speeding.
After speaking to the driver, it was determined that he had consumed an alcoholic beverage.
The driver was arrested and taken to the North Bay Detachment for further testing.
Vernon Hamelin, 65, from Midland is charged with:
- Failure or refusal to comply with a demand
- Driving while under suspension
- Speeding 1- 49km/h over the posted limit
- Fail to surrender permit for motor vehicle
- Operate motor vehicle without insurance
- Use plate not authorized for vehicle
- Fail to notify change of address
- Drive vehicle with cannabis readily available
- Possess unmarked cigarettes
- Driving a motor vehicle with liquor readily available
- Fail to apply for a permit on becoming a new owner
- Fail to surrender licence
Hamelin was released and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in North Bay on January 30.
He was also issued a 90-day driver's licence suspension and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
