Joy HENNESSEY Was Arrested

Source: OPP
Date: Thu Sep 12 04:17:48 MST 2024

(TEMISKAMING SHORES, ON) – A traffic complaint by an off-duty police officer led to the arrest of a drug-impaired driver.



On September 9, 2024, at approximately 11:30 p.m., the Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint on Sunnyside Road in the City of Temiskaming Shores. Through investigation, police determined that the driver had consumed an intoxicating substance. Police arrested the driver and seized drugs suspected to be Fentanyl. The driver was transported to the Temiskaming OPP Detachment for further testing by a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE).

As a result of the investigation, Joy HENNESSEY, 42 years-of-age of Kirkland Lake, was charged with:

Operation while impaired – drugs
Possession of a Schedule I Substance – Opioid
The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Haileybury Ontario Court of Justice on September 24, 2024. They were issued a 90-day Administrative Driver’s Licence Suspension (ADLS), and their motor vehicle was impounded for 7 days.

The OPP has highly trained DRE officers who are skilled in the detection and investigation of drug impaired drivers. Should you observe a suspected impaired driver, please dial 911 or contact the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1122.