{"id":138913,"date":"2026-05-13T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/refletnews.ca\/?p=138913"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:53:03","slug":"the-nation-resident-charged-following-impaired-driving-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refletnews.ca\/en\/news\/the-nation-resident-charged-following-impaired-driving-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nation resident charged following impaired driving investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Russell County OPP officers conducted a RIDE checkpoint that led to impaired driving charges against a The Nation municipality resident. (File photo)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Members of the Russell County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged a\u00a0The\u00a0Nation\u00a0municipality\u00a0resident following an impaired driving investigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to police, officers were conducting a RIDE checkpoint on Wednesday, April 29, at approximately 12:15 a.m. when they stopped a vehicle for investigation. During the interaction, officers used an Approved Screening Device (ASD), and the driver&nbsp;reportedly failed&nbsp;the roadside test.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police said the driver was transported to the detachment for further testing.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result of the investigation, 39-year-old Alexandre&nbsp;Lacelle&nbsp;of The Nation has been charged under the Criminal Code with&nbsp;operation while impaired&nbsp;with a&nbsp;blood alcohol concentration over 80&nbsp;milligrams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accused also received a 90-day driver\u2019s licence suspension, and the vehicle involved was impounded for seven days.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alexandre&nbsp;Lacelle&nbsp;is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in&nbsp;L\u2019Orignal&nbsp;on June 10, 2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Russell County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged a The Nation municipality resident following an impaired driving investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":138922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-non-categorise"],"acf":[],"featured_media_global":{"id":136294,"title":{"rendered":"OPP2"},"description":{"rendered":""},"caption":{"rendered":""},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":1020,"height":573,"file":"2026\/05\/OPP2.jpg","filesize":46354,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"OPP2-300x169.jpg","width":300,"height":169,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":9515},"thumbnail":{"file":"OPP2-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":6406},"medium_large":{"file":"OPP2-768x431.jpg","width":768,"height":431,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":36279},"Image Size 500x500":{"file":"OPP2-500x500.jpg","width":500,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":32214}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"source_url":"https:\/\/editionap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/OPP2.jpg"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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