Last weekend, OPP officers used various seaworthy vessels in arresting a suspected impaired driver on a Sea-Doo on Talon Lake in Bonfield.
Saturday, officers from the North Bay and Mattawa Detachments of the OPP responded to a complaint. Officers attended the area and began to conduct an investigation. While officers were questioning the suspect on shore, he fled by jumping into Lake Talon and swimming away.
Officers located the male on another shore where he fled again by swimming away from officers. Officers borrowed a paddleboat and then a boat and motor in an attempt to follow and locate the suspect.
Additional officers and a canine officer were shuttled to a small island where they believed the suspect to be hiding. The canine officer was able to locate the subject and he was arrested.
Further investigation revealed that the Sea-Doo the suspect had been operating had previously been reported as stolen. The suspect was brought back to detachment for breath tests.
A 29-year-old of North Bay man has been charged with:
- Obstruct peace officer
- Resist peace officer
- Operate vessel while ability impaired
- Operate vessel with more than 80 milligrams of alcohol in
- Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
He has been released on a promise to appear to attend the Ontario Court of Justice in North Bay on June 26.
