THUNDER BAY -- A city police officer has been charged with impaired driving following a single-vehicle crash earlier this month.
Thunder Bay Police Service officials on Monday confirmed that the officer had been charged following an alleged Feb. 2 pickup truck crash on Balmoral Street. The truck, owned by the officer, had crashed into a ditch on Balmoral Street south of Alloy Drive just before 1:30 a.m.
An investigation by uniform patrol officers led to charges against the officer. He was off duty at the time of the incident.
The officer sustained only minor injuries.
Christopher George Toneguzzi, 32, has been charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle and driving with over 80 mgs of alcohol.
He has a court date of February 27, 2015.
Const. Toneguzzi will also be subject to a Police Services Act investigation regarding these charges.
He has not been suspended and is on administrative duties.
Toneguzzi was a charter member of the Thunder Bay Border Cats and a former Major League Baseball draft pick of the Milwaukee Brewers.
