NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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Members of the Orillia Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged an individual from Orillia with impaired driving after receiving multiple fail-to-remain collisions in the City of Orillia.
On Oct. 14, 2022, shortly after 10 p.m., officers were dispatched to reports of multiple vehicles being struck around Rosemary Road.
Officers located the vehicle a short distance away, which had driven through a parkette and became lodged in a ditch. While a passenger in the vehicle remained, the driver fled on foot.
Police then received a call regarding an individual attempting to enter a vehicle on a nearby street, however, was scared off by the owner. The individual was located nearby by police.
As a result, Jacob Bailey, 22, of Orillia, has been charged with:
- Operation while impaired- alcohol and drugs
- Operation while impaired- blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
- Dangerous operation
- Failure to stop after accident
- Failure to comply with release order
The accused was held pending a bail hearing on Oct. 15, 2022, at the Ontario Court of Justice, Newmarket.
The Orillia OPP is committed to serving our province, including the Townships of Oro-Medonte, Ramara and Severn and the City of Orillia.
If you have any information about crime in our community, please contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122. To report minor occurrences online, please visit this website.
You can also call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or submit your information online here. Crime Stoppers does not subscribe to call display, and you will remain anonymous. You will not testify in court, and your information may lead to a cash reward of up to $2,000.
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