On Sunday morning police received a 9-1-1 call from a witness who claimed to see a man putting a machine gun into a car in North Bay.
Police say the accused was observed getting into a car outside a motel on Lakeshore Drive with what was described as a machine gun on Sunday morning around 7:30 a.m.
As this information was being relayed to the North Bay Police for dispatch an Ontario Provincial Police officer, who was driving through the area, attempted a traffic stop due to erratic driving by the accused.
Police say the accused refused to stop for the officer and fled southbound on Lakeshore Drive.
The accused was located a short time later as he returned to the motel on Lakeshore Drive and he was subsequently arrested by police.
A search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of an airsoft (BB) gun, similar in appearance to a military assault rifle.
Jason Miksovsky, age 35, of No Fixed Address who is charged with:
- One count of Dangerous Operation of Motor Vehicle;
- One count of Flight from Police;
- One count of Possession of a Weapon Dangerous to Public Peace; and
- One Count of Breach of Probation
Miksovsky also faces 5 additional Provincial Offences charges related to driving infractions.
The accused has been held in custody pending a bail hearing at the North Bay Courthouse on September 30th, 2019.
