NEWS RELEASE
YORK REGIONAL POLICE
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The troubling trend continues with 29 impaired drivers being removed from York Region roads this past week, adding to the more than 200 impaired-related criminal charges laid already this year.
York Regional Police thanks members of the community for helping us stop and arrest impaired drivers by calling 9-1-1. We consider these incidents a life-threatening crime in progress and will continue to respond to these calls.
On Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, shortly after 5 p.m., police were called to Green Lane west of Leslie Street in the Town of East Gwillimbury for a report of a driver asleep at the wheel of his pick-up truck. When officers arrived, they found the vehicle waiting to turn left from Green Lane into a transit station. Officers were able to shut off the vehicle and after numerous attempts were able to wake up the driver who smelled of alcohol. He was placed under arrest and transported to #1 District for a breath test, where he blew more than two-and-a-half times the legal limit.
29 Drivers Charged With Impaired-Related Criminal Driving Offences – Feb. 11 to Feb. 19, 2019.
- Jathushan SELVARAJAH, 19, City of Markham
- Impaired Operation
- 80 Plus
- Fail to Stop
- James COOK-WOODS, 25, Town of East Gwillimbury
- Impaired Operation
- 80 Plus
- Assault Peace Officer
- Tammy BELL, 47, Town of Aurora
- Impaired Operation
- 80 Plus
- Michael THAI, 34, City of Vaughan
- Impaired Operation
- 80 Plus
- Stephen LAMROCK, 53, Town of Newmarket
- Impaired Operation
- 80 Plus
- Tristan KOKKO, 20, City of Markham
- Impaired Operation
- 80 Plus
- Gorve RISHI, 21, City of Brampton
- 80 Plus
- Kaiwei CHEN, 24, City of Toronto
- Impaired Operation x2
- 80 Plus x2
- Fail to Stop
- Dangerous Operation
- Michael MOHAMMED, 37, City of Toronto
- Impaired Operation
- 80 Plus
- Rayman SHAFFEAL, 29, City of Markham
- Impaired Operation
- 80 Plus
- Gregory BEARD, 27, Township of Uxbridge
- Impaired Operation
- 80 Plus
- Brian BURTCH, 63, City of Markham
- Impaired Operation
- 80 Plus
- Wendy PAUL, 44, Town of Aurora
- Impaired Operation
- Arshia TAGHIZADEHNADDAF, 23, Town of Richmond Hill
- 80 Plus
- Adamo SANTORO, 31, Town of East Gwillimbury
- 80 Plus
- David BARONE, 22, Town of Georgina
- Impaired Operation
- 80 Plus
- Jiantong ZHANG, 21, City of Markham
- 80 Plus
- Talha MEMON, 25, City of Toronto
- 80 Plus
- Mohd SULEIMANKHEL, 39, City of Markham
- Impaired Operation
- 80 Plus
- Zixi CHEN, 18, City of Toronto
- Impaired Operation
- 80 Plus
- Alyssa LEECE, 39, City of Vaughan
- Impaired Operation
- David CARRUTHERS, 57, Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
- Impaired Operation
- 80 Plus
- Parsa HAMIDI, 18, Town of Richmond Hill
- Impaired Operation
- Dangerous Operation
- Sohaib KHAN, 35, City of Markham
- Impaired Operation
- 80 Plus
- Aria NIAZITABARI, 26, Town of Newmarket
- Impaired Operation
- Courtney CHARLES, 24, Town of Georgina
- Impaired Operation
- 80 Plus
- Belal KASSEM, 23, Town of Newmarket
- 80 Plus
- Dangerous Operation
- Liubomir PAVLOV, 21, Town of East Gwillimbury
- 80 Plus
- Junwei ZHANG, 28, City of Toronto
- 80 Plus
- Imraaz NAZIM, 29, City of Toronto
- Impaired Operation
- Refuse
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