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False Name Given To OPP Leads To Obstruct Charge In Puslinch

OPP obstruct charge laid
On Tuesday September 11, 2018 at approximately 12:20 a.m. members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle that was at a residential property on Wellington Road 34 in Puslinch Township. The complainant advised that a vehicle drove up the driveway and was stuck in the field behind the house with its tires spinning and mud flying everywhere.

Officers attended the residence and while speaking with the female driver she falsely identified herself and was subsequently detained. Investigation revealed her true identity and confirmed that she was unlicensed as well as breaching a condition on her probation order that she was currently bound by.

27-year-old Samantha LAMKA of Kitchener has been charged with Obstruct Peace Officer and Adult Fail to Comply With Probation Order contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada as well as Adult Drive Motor Vehicle – No Licence contrary to the Highway Traffic Act.

She is scheduled to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on October 9, 2018 to answer to the charges.