Carter MacDonald – Drunk Driving

Source: OPP
Date: Tue Mar 4 10:35:56 MST 2025

(ATIKOKAN, ON) – Mandatory alcohol screening detected an impaired driver who was stopped for a moving violation.



On March 3, 2025, at approximately 3:00 am, members of the Atikokan Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a vehicle after seeing a stop sign related moving violation.



Officers demanded alcohol screening as part of the traffic stop. The driver failed the mandatory alcohol screening and was arrested at the scene. The driver was transported to the Atikokan Detachment where additional breath testing was completed by way of demand.

Carter MacDonald, 23-years-old, from Atikokan is charged criminally with one count of impaired operation alcohol or drug, and one count of impaired operation blood alcohol concentration 80 mgs and over. The accused was also charged provincially with a novice driver and insurance violation.



The accused driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days, and the vehicle was impounded for seven days. The accused was released by police and is scheduled to appear in the Atikokan Ontario Court of Justice on March 27, 2025, to speak to the charges

Under Canada’s Mandatory Alcohol Screening (MAS) law, drivers must immediately comply with a police officer’s demand for a breath sample, even in the absence of any suspicion that they have consumed alcohol. If you suspect that a driver is impaired, do not hesitate to call 9-1-1. By doing so, you could be saving a life.