NEWS RELEASE
YORK REGIONAL POLICE
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Over the past week, 30 impaired drivers were removed from York Region roads in another disappointing week of enforcement efforts.
So far this year, York Regional Police have laid more than 1,500 charges for impaired-related driving offences and the number of drivers choosing to drive while impaired is showing no signs of decreasing. Sadly, five people have lost their lives this year in collisions where alcohol or drug impairment were contributing factors.
On Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, at approximately noon, officers responded to reports of a possible impaired driver who collided with a tree near a school on Glenshields Avenue in the City of Vaughan. When officers arrived on scene, they located a white van that had driven up onto the sidewalk and collided with a tree.
Witnesses advised officers that the driver had fled and was seen getting into a white BMW. Officers quickly located the white BMW and arrested the suspect for impaired driving, dangerous driving and failing to remain at the scene of a collision. The driver was taken to #4 District where he refused to provide a breath sample and caused damage to his cell resulting in additional charges.
Charged:
- Davit Sesiashvili, 44, Toronto
Charges:
- Impaired Operation
- Over 80
- Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle
- Fail to Provide Breath Sample
- Fail to Remain
- Mischief Under $5,000
The legal consequences of an impaired driving charge can include roadside vehicle impoundment and automatic driver’s licence suspension, as well as further consequences imposed by the courts, including longer licence suspensions, large fines and in some cases, jail time.
York Regional Police thanks members of the community for helping us stop and arrest impaired drivers by calling 9-1-1 through the Safe Roads...Your Call program. We consider these incidents a life-threatening crime in progress and will continue to respond to these calls.
We’re not giving up.
A list of all the drivers charged with impaired-related criminal driving offences from Dec. 10 to 17, 2018 follows below and is available here.
John TSIKRIKAS, 47, Newmarket
- Impaired Operation- Alcohol; Over 80
Miguel Gilberto SALGUERO CORDON, 34, Tottenham
- Fail to Provide a Breath Sample
Wayne QUINLAN, 49, Welland
- Impaired Operation -Drugs
Ian CHARLTON, 48, Richmond Hill
- Over 80; Fail to Remain
Maxim GORCHAKOV, 33, Toronto
- Over 80
Michelle BROWN, 44, Innisfil
- Impaired Operation- Drugs
Yao Fu YU, 57, Toronto
- Impaired Operation- Drugs
Michael WILSON, 34, Georgina
- Over 80
[Charge withdrawn, 2019] Vaughan
- Impaired Operation – Alcohol; Over 80
[Charge reduced to careless driving], Markham
- Over 80
Davit SESIASHVILI, 44, Toronto
- Impaired Operation; Fail to Provide Breath Sample; Fail to Remain; Dangerous Operation; Mischief Under $5,000
Ali-Akbar SAFDARI, 60, Markham
- Impaired; Over 80
Samuel TRUDEL, 25, Mont-Laurier, Quebec
- Impaired Driving - Alcohol; Over 80; Assault; Assault with a Weapon; Dangerous Driving; Fail to Remain; Possession of a Schedule I Substance
Dustin Tevyan GROSKOPF, 28, Richmond Hill
- Over 80
Paul Michael RUPA, 32, Vaughan
- Impaired Operation; Fail to Provide Breath Sample
Travis Francis JONES 32, Powassan, Ontario
- Over 80
Agastya Narasimha KOLLURU, 28, Burlington
- Over 80
Jennifer BREEN, 35, Cannington
- Impaired Operation; Over 80
Candida MARTINEZ, 21, Richmond Hill
- Impaired Operation; Over 80
A 17-year-old female, Richmond Hill
- Impaired Operation; Over 80
Robert CAMPBELL, 36, Toronto
- Over 80
Joel GAGER, 25, Toronto
- Impaired Operation; Fail to Provide Breath Sample; Theft of Motor Vehicle; Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5,000; Flight while Pursued by Police
Shayne Thomas TAYLOR, 20, Newmarket
- Impaired Operation; Over 80; Operation while Disqualified
William AKKERMANS, 49, Aurora
- Impaired Operation; Over 80
Matthew CAMPOS BONILLA, 25, Toronto
- Over 80
Vahid KASHFI RAD, 58, Richmond Hill
- Impaired Operation; Fail to Provide Breath Sample
Ernest Padi TETTEY, 38, Brampton
- Fail to Provide a Breath Sample
[Charge reduced to careless driving, December 2022], Newmarket
- Impaired Operation; Fail to Provide a Breath Sample
Cyril Albert DELANEY 46, Georgina
- Impaired Operation; Over 80; Fail to Remain
James Scott BARR, 43, Vaughan
- Over 80
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Editor's note: Names have been removed from this news release when court documents have been provided to verify charges have been reduced or withdrawn in court.
