OPP Const. Joel Eppinghaus provides updates on the ‘doughnut’ incident from Neebing, Ont., last month as police have now charged the motorist with stunt driving A 25-year-old man has been charged with stunt driving and operating a motor vehicle without insurance after Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigated a vehicle performing “doughnuts” in a community hall parking lot last month. Neebing - doughnuts - OPP Ontario Provincial Police in Thunder Bay have released photos of suspects and a vehicle involved in an incident at Blake Hall Community Center in Neebing, Ont., on March 16, 2025. A blue four-door Honda Civic with a male driver and passenger was shown on video doing 'doughnuts' in the parking lot. (File photo/Supplied/Ontario Provincial Police) The incident occurred on the evening of March 16 in the Blake Hall Community Center parking lot on 71 Blake Hall Road in Neebing, Ont. Surveillance footage captured the incident between 6:40 p.m. and 6:42 p.m. Police described the suspect vehicle as a blue four-door Honda Civic and had sought public help identifying the driver and male passenger. Not a ‘kid’ having fun In a video posted to social media on Friday, Const. Joel Eppinghaus of the Thunder Bay OPP addressed the case, stating: “Do you remember this individual? … Looks like a couple of young kids just having fun with their little Honda car, right? No.” Neebing - doughnuts - OPP - 3 Ontario Provincial Police in Thunder Bay have released photos of a driver of a blue Honda Civic shown on video doing 'doughnuts' in the parking lot of the Blake Hall Community Center in Neebing, Ont., on March 16, 2025. (File photo/Supplied/Ontario Provincial Police) Eppinghaus confirmed the driver was 25 years old, holding an A-Z driver’s licence and was operating the vehicle “with no insurance.” He added that further investigation revealed the motorist had “lost his driver’s licence several times while having alcohol in his system and operating a motor vehicle.” OPP Const. Joel Eppinghaus OPP Const. Joel Eppinghaus provides updates on the ‘doughnut’ incident from Neebing, Ont., last month, as police have now charged the motorist with stunt driving. (Ontario Provincial Police / Facebook) “When it seems like there’s not more to the story folks, there always is,” Eppinghaus said. “This is why we do our due diligence in investigating things to our absolute fullest.” Responding to criticism expressed across several social media platforms about police resources being used for the case, Eppinghaus said: “If this happened in your community hall in Terrace Bay, Toronto, Kenora, Red Lake or even your property, acreage, front lawn or driveway, you would want us to do our due diligence and try our best to figure out who did it.” — Ontario Provincial Police, Const. Joel Eppinghaus Neebing - doughnuts - OPP - 2 Ontario Provincial Police in Thunder Bay have released photos of suspects and a vehicle involved in an incident at Blake Hall Community Center in Neebing, Ont., on March 16, 2025. A blue four-door Honda Civic with a male driver and passenger was shown on video doing 'doughnuts' in the parking lot. (File photo/Supplied/Ontario Provincial Police) “There’s always more than what meets the eye,” said OPP on social media. The accused was not publicly named by police in the post or video nor were any damages or injuries reported related to the incident. Eppinghaus concluded the video by saying, “Stay safe out there and as always, be well.”