A 41-year-old truck driver from Sainte-Anne-Des-Plaines, Que. was arrested yesterday morning after members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Highway 17 near Iron Bridge, states a release issued today.
It is alleged that the accused threw a log book at an officer after nearly causing a head-on collision.
Full text of the OPP release follows:
MUNICIPALITY OF HURON SHORES - On Feb. 9, 2022, members from the OPP's Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) unit were on patrol duties on Highway 17 within the Municipality of Huron Shores.
Shortly after 8 a.m., police conducted a traffic stop of an eastbound tractor trailer. The truck was passing another vehicle and crossed into the eastbound lane, nearly causing a head-on collision with a westbound tractor trailer.
A subsequent traffic stop was conducted and the driver was spoken to. The driver provided a valid driver's licence but refused to surrender the vehicle documents. [It is alleged that] the driver became upset and proceeded to throw a log book at the officer.
The driver Martin Gauthier, 41 years of age from Sainte-Anne-Des-Plaines, Que., was arrested and charged with:
• Assault a peace officer with a weapon, contrary to section 270.01(1)(a) of the Criminal Code
The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on April 7, 2022.