NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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The Orillia Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police have made an arrest for Impaired Operation by Drugs in the City of Orillia.
On Feb. 10, 2020 shortly after 4 p.m., the Orillia OPP received a call for a possible impaired driver on Atherley Road in the City of Orillia. Police located the vehicle and stopped it. A drug recognition expert was utilized and determined that the driver was impaired by drugs.
As a result of the investigation police arrested and charged 40-year-old Brandy Tonkin of Ramara Township with impaired operation by drugs, dangerous operation and flight from police.
The accused has been released on a Form 10 and is set to appear next at the Ontario Court of Justice in Orillia on March 10, 2020.
Police continue to rely on the public to call in suspected impaired drivers. Many impaired drivers are caught because of socially conscious members of the public who want to keep our families safe from the tragedies caused by impaired drivers on our roads.
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