Numerous charges have been laid after a traffic complaint in the Wawa area.
Superior East Ontario Provincial Police say they received a complaint about a commercial motor vehicle that appeared unsafe for the road spotted on Highway 101 east of Wawa Sunday evening, with officers locating and stopping the vehicle for an inspection, leading to charges of: cruelty to animals; insecure load; fail to carry daily logs or operator's records for previous fourteen days; fail to carry inspection schedule; fail to carry complete daily inspection report; fail to carry daily log; driver fail to surrender licence; have object obstructing view; operate vehicle - fail to display inspection sticker or proof; two counts of drive commercial motor vehicle with a major defect in it or in drawn vehicle; one count of improperly drive commercial motor vehicle with a minor defect in it or in drawn vehicle; and a charge of careless driving.
The vehicle was deemed unsafe for the road, with the tractor and trailer towed and licence plates seized.
The 30-year-old driver from Dundalk in southern Ontario's Grey County was released from custody with a June date in Wawa's Ontario Court of Justice.