(CENTRE WELLINGTON TOWNSHIP, ON) – On February 16, 2016 at approximately 9:00 p.m., a Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was conducting patrol on Wellington Road 7 near Side Road 5, Centre Wellington Township and observed a 2012 Jaguar at a high rate of speed. The officer locked the vehicle on radar at approximately 146 km/h in an 80 km/h zone.
His driver’s licence and vehicle were seized for a period of 7 days as per statute.
50-year-old Jeremias HERBST of Wellington North Township has been charged with Race a Motor Vehicle contrary to the Highway Traffic Act. He is to appear in Guelph Provincial Court on April 6, 2016 to answer to the charge.