NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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OPP officer charged
ESSA TOWNSHIP - On August 7, 2016 at around 4 p.m., officers from the Nottawasaga Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment were called to a single motor vehicle collision that had occurred on 9th Line in the area of 10th Side Road in Essa Township.
An investigation determined that the driver had been consuming alcoholic beverages and during a subsequent search of the vehicle, a quantity of suspected marijuana was located and seized.
As a result of the investigation, 37-year-old Matthew Chorny, a 13-year veteran of the OPP, has been charged with the following offences:
• Care or Control While Impaired by Alcohol, contrary to section 253(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada
• Fail or Refuse to Provide a Sample, contrary to section 254(5) of the Criminal Code of Canada
• Possession of a Schedule II Substance – Cannabis Marijuana under 30 grams, contrary to section 4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
• Possession of a Schedule II Substance – Cannabis resin – over 1 gram, contrary to section 4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Bradford on September 8, 2016.
He is a Constable stationed out of General Headquarters in Orillia.
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