Off duty OPP officer charged with assault in northern Ontario road rage case

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An off-duty Ontario Provincial Police officer has been arrested and charged after a recent road rage incident in northern Ontario.

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This article was published 26/03/2025 (228 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

An off-duty Ontario Provincial Police officer has been arrested and charged after a recent road rage incident in northern Ontario.

Provincial police say officers responded to an altercation between two motorists on March 17 in Temiskaming Shores, Ont.

They say a 54-year-old man from the city was charged with assault after an investigation.

An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) patch is seen in Ottawa, on Sept. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) patch is seen in Ottawa, on Sept. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Police say the accused man is a sergeant with 25 years of service in the OPP’s local detachment. 

He was not on duty at the time of the incident.

The officer is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in the community of Haileybury on April 22. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 26, 2025. 

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