(SOUTH HURON, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a South Huron resident with several criminal driving offences following a traffic stop in the Municipality of South Huron, Crediton, on April 26th, 2025.
Just after 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2025, Huron County OPP officers conducted a traffic stop on King Street South in South Huron. Police spoke to the driver and discovered that they were prohibited from driving a motor vehicle.
The driver was also arrested for impaired operation and transported to the South Bruce OPP detachment in Kincardine where they completed a series of tests with an OPP Drug Recognition Expert (DRE). As a result of the investigation, the accused has been charged as follows:
Mitchell HARRIS, 36 years-of-age from South Huron has been charged with:
– Impaired Operation – alcohol and drug,
– Operation while Prohibited – (three counts),
– Unauthorized Possession of a Weapon,
– Possession of Methamphetamine,
– Fail to Comply with Release Order – (two counts),
– Fail to Comply with Probation Order – (two counts).
The accused was additionally charged with Driving While Under Suspension – Highway Traffic Act.
The vehicle involved was towed and impounded for 45 days.
The accused was processed, held for a bail hearing, and later remanded into custody with a court appearance scheduled at the Ontario Court of Justice – Goderich.