More Impaired Drivers
Source: OPP
Date: Wed Jan 15 07:47:53 MST 2025

On January 10, 2025, at approximately 8:45 p.m., members of the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a vehicle in the ditch on Highway 11 in Hilliard Township.
The OPP attended and determined the driver had consumed an alcoholic beverage. The driver was arrested and transported to the detachment for further testing.
Louiselle MCLEAN, 70 years of age, of Earlton Ontario was charged with:
Operation while impaired blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
Operation while impaired alcohol
On January 11, 2025, at approximately 2:30 a.m., the OPP responded to a suspicious vehicle parked on Lillie Street in Thornloe. Officers attended and found the driver asleep in the vehicle. They were arrested and transported the detachment for further testing.
William SIMMENS, 45 years-of-age of Thornloe Ontario, was charged with:
Operation while impaired blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
Operation while impaired alcohol
Both drivers received a 90-day Administrative Drivers Licence Suspension (ADLS) and their vehicle was impounded for 7 days.
Both accused are scheduled to appear before the Haileybury Ontario Court of Justice on January 28, 2025.