(HASTINGS, ON) – On October 11, 2014 at about 9:00pm, Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received information that a Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) officer was detaining an impaired driver in Hastings.
Police officers arrived and were informed that the MNR officer was conducting an unrelated investigation near the waterway when his attention was drawn to a minivan being driven erratically near Dit Clapper Way. After some brief interaction with the driver, the MNR officer arrested him for impaired operation.
The male driver was turned over to OPP officers who transported him to the Campbellford detachment for further tests.
As a result of these tests, John MESSACAR age 55 of Hastings is charged with Impaired Care & Control and Over 80mg. He was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brighton on November 04, 2014.
The OPP is reminding drivers that any amount of alcohol can impair one’s ability to drive and that the OPP can issue an immediate roadside driver’s licence suspension to drivers who register a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in the Warn Range” of .05 to .08.
If you plan on drinking