Mississauga tow truck driver charged for impersonating a cop in northern Ont.
An undated photo of a tow truck driving down an Ontario roadway. (CNW Group/CAA)
A southern Ontario resident has been charged for allegedly impersonating a peace officer during a towing incident in northwestern Ontario earlier this year.
At about 11:30 p.m. on April 26, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to a motor vehicle crash collision on Highway 17 in the City of Machin.
“Through the investigation, it was learned that the towing company attending the scene was not the towing company dispatched by police,” reads the OPP news release.
Upon further investigation, members of the Dryden OPP detachment determined that the attending towing company impersonated law enforcement in order to be dispatched to the scene instead of the original towing company police dispatched.
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As a result, a 41-year-old man from Mississauga has now been charged with personating a peace officer.
The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Dryden on Jan. 20.
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