NEWS RELEASE
NIAGARA REGIONAL POLICE
******************************
On Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, the Niagara Regional Police conducted a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) checkpoint on Niagara Stone Road in the Town of Niagara on the Lake and later on Oakdale Avenue within the City of St. Catharines.
Between the hours of 6 p.m. and 1 a.m., officers stopped approximately 500 vehicles and conducted 29 roadside tests.
As a result three Provincial Offence Notices were issued and four persons were issued a three-day license suspension.
While conducting the St. Catharines RIDE, officers arrested Jose Luis Ayala (25 years old) of St. Catharines for having more than 80 mgs of alcohol in 100 ml of blood and impaired driving contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada. He was later released on a Form 10 Undertaking with a future court date. Ayala has been issued an administrative driver's licence suspension (ADLS). The ADLS is issued to everyone charged with similar driving offences. The ADLS prohibits him from operating a motor vehicle for 90 days from date it was issued.
One of the R.I.D.E. officers, while on their way to the St. Catharines RIDE location, took note of the odd driving of a grey Hyundai. A database check of the car found it was reported stolen in St. Catharines on Nov. 30, 2020. The car was stopped by the officer near the Carlton Street Bridge along the Welland Canal Parkway. The male driver Trevor McCord-Poole (32 years old) of no fixed address was arrested for criminal offences of:
• Possession of property obtain by crime, 355(b)CC
• Possession of controlled substance, 4(1) CDSA (fentanyl)
• Possession of controlled substance, 4(1) CDSA (crystal methamphetamine)
• Drive while prohibited, 320.18 CC
McCord-Poole was held in custody and attended a video bail hearing to the Hamilton Courthouse. He was held in custody and will appear again via video link to the Robert S. K. Welch Courthouse in St. Catharines on Dec. 8, 2020.
The female passenger of the Hyundai, Michelle Serena Tetu (22 years old) of St. Catharines was arrested and charged with the criminal offence of:
• Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, 355(b)CC
Tetu was released at the scene on a Form 10 Undertaking with a future court date.
The Niagara Regional Police Service remain committed to reducing impaired driving offences through education and the apprehension of offenders through enforcement programs like RIDE. Impaired driving is still the leading criminal offence causing deaths in Canada.
This initiative has been made possible, in part, as a result of grant funding from the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services as part of the RIDE program.
******************************
