4 More Impaired Drivers Arrested – KOVACS, D’AMBROSI, FORREST & KOPTIE
Source: OPP
Date: Sat Sep 6 15:01:26 MST 2025
On Friday, August 29, 2025, at approximately 8:21 p.m., a Norfolk County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer conducted a traffic stop on Norfolk Street North in Simcoe, which led to an investigation.
After a roadside sobriety test, the driver was taken into custody without incident.
As a result, 28-year-old Louie KOVACS of Norfolk County was charged with the following alleged offences:
Operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs,
Follow too closely,
Unnecessary noise.
The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Simcoe on Tuesday, September 9, 2025.
On Saturday, August 30, 2025, at approximately 11:52 a.m., the Norfolk County OPP received a report of a suspected impaired driver on Walker Street in Port Dover.
Officers located the vehicle on Walker Street and, after conducting a roadside sobriety test, took the driver into custody without incident.
As a result, 54-year-old Paolo D’AMBROSI of Mississauga, Ontario, was charged with the following alleged offences:
Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus),
Operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs.
The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Simcoe on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.
On Sunday, August 31, 2025, at approximately 4:28 p.m., the Norfolk County OPP, together with the Norfolk County Fire Department and Norfolk County Paramedic Services, responded to a collision between a pickup truck and a motorcycle on Fertilizer Road in Delhi.
The driver of the pickup truck was taken into custody following a roadside sobriety test, while the motorcycle operator was airlifted to a trauma centre with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
As a result, 43-year-old O’Dean FORREST of Mississauga, Ontario, was charged with the following alleged offence:
Operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs.
The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Simcoe on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.
On Sunday, August 31, 2025, at approximately 10:19 p.m., the Norfolk County OPP responded to a single-vehicle collision involving a sport utility vehicle on Charlotteville East Quarter Line Road in Simcoe. No injuries were reported.
The driver was taken into custody without incident after completing a roadside sobriety test.
As a result, 25-year-old Paul KOPTIE of Norfolk County was charged with the following alleged offence:
Operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs.
The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Simcoe on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
If you observe a driver or operator you suspect may be impaired, contact the OPP or the nearest police authority by dialing 9-1-1.