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Severn Township senior nabbed at local RIDE check

Frank Wilhlem, 67, has been charged with impaired driving after being stopped on Laclie Street Tuesday night
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NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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The Orillia Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police have made an arrest for impaired operation, at a RIDE check, in the City of Orillia.

On Feb. 25, 2020 Orillia OPP members were conducting a RIDE check at Laclie and Neywash Street in Orillia. Shortly after 7 p.m., a vehicle entered the check stop and after brief investigation police determined that the driver was impaired.

As a result of the investigation police arrested and charged, 67-year-old, Frank Wilhelm, of Severn Township with Impaired Operation Blood Alcohol Concentration 80 plus Contrary to Section 320.14(1)(b) of the Criminal Code.

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 17, 2020.

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