NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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BLIND RIVER – On May 4, 2020, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol duties on Causley Street in the Town of Blind River.
At approximately 9:48 p.m., police observed a westbound vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed on Causley Street and a traffic stop was initiated. The driver provided the officer with a false name and was arrested for impersonation with intent.
Police observed in plain view a clear Ziploc baggie containing suspected cocaine. The vehicle was searched and officers located:
- Over 40 grams of suspected cocaine
- Over 10 grams of suspected crack cocaine
- Over one gram of suspected marijuana shatter, along with
- Drug paraphernalia, and
- Over $53,000 in Canadian currency
As a result of the investigation, Kenneth Cobbs, age 54 of Sudbury, was charged with:
- Personation with intent to avoid arrest, prosecution, or obstruct justice (identity fraud), contrary to section 403(1)(d) of the Criminal Code (CC),
- Three counts of operation while prohibited under the Criminal Code, contrary to section 320.18(1)(a) of the CC,
- Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5,000, contrary to section 354(1)(a) of the CC,
- Two counts for possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking-Cocaine, contrary to section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, and with
- Speeding, contrary to section 128 of the Highway Traffic Act.
The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Blind River on July 2, 2020.
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