Suspended driver nabbed by automated licence plate reader: OPP

A Thessalon driver was charged yesterday following a site visitors cease on Freeway 17 in Backyard River.

Officers on normal patrol within the space had been alerted by the automated licence plate recognition system to a black pickup truck that had unauthorized plates, says a information launch issued by OPP.

Full textual content of the discharge follows:

GARDEN RIVER FIRST NATION – On Feb. 21, 2024, the Sault Ste Marie Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) had been on normal patrol, when their automated licence plate recognition (ALPR) system alerted them to a black pickup truck travelling eastbound on Freeway 17 inside the group of Backyard River First Nation.

A site visitors cease was initiated because the plates on that pickup truck weren’t licensed for that automobile. Whereas chatting with the driving force, police decided there was no insurance coverage on the automobile and the driving force was a suspended driver.

Because of this, Cody Wardell, 28 years of age from Thessalon, was charged with:

    •    Operation whereas prohibited

    •    Function a motorcar with out insurance coverage

    •    Use plates not licensed for automobile

The accused is scheduled to look earlier than the Ontario Courtroom of Justice in Sault Ste. Marie on April 8, 2024.

Not one of the allegations have been examined in court docket and Wardell is taken into account harmless until confirmed responsible.