Drinking and driving
CENTRE WELLINGTON – On April 6 at about 7:15pm, a Wellington County OPP officer stopped a vehicle on 4th Line.
“The officer observed that the vehicle had a dark tint on the windshield, which can impede driver visibility, and liquor was available to the driver inside the vehicle,” stated an OPP press release.
A 21-year-old from Acton was charged with driving with liquor readily available, driving without insurance, failing to surrender a licence, driving with an obstructed windshield coated and driving with obstructed plates.
The driver is to appear in Guelph court at a later date.
ERIN – On April 12 at about 5:30pm, Wellington County OPP received a complaint about a possible impaired driver.
Police say officers “conducted patrols and located the vehicle on Main Street in Erin.”
A 55-year-old Erin man was charged with failing to comply with release order, driving while impaired by alcohol and drugs and driving with more than 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood in his system. He is to appear in Guelph court at a later date.
In the above incidents the driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the vehicle impounded for seven days.