(NORTHUMBERLAND, ON) – Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were engaged in keeping Ontario’s roadways safe this weekend by arresting two people at RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) spot checks in Northumberland County.
On Friday January 31, 2014 at 10:50 pm OPP had set up on County Road 9 and County Road 10 in the Municipality of Port Hope when they observed at blue 2008 ford Ranger travelling northbound on County Road 10 that had stopped a short distance away from the spot check. The driver appeared to be confused and as the officer approached the vehicle found the lone male driver to be exhibiting signs of alcohol consumption. The officer conducted an investigation and eventually arrested the male for impaired driving and took him for breath tests.
Joshua Benjamin BLAKELY, 28 from Gores Landing, Ontario is charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle and driving with more than 80 milligrams of alcohol in blood.
On Saturday February1, 2014 at 11:02 am OPP officers were conducting RIDE on Toronto Road between Norton Lane and Park Street west in Colborne when a 2008 Dodge Calibre approached the officers. The female driver was given a roadside screening device and taken for further breath tests.
Susan Marie McCOY, 55 from Colborne, Ontario is charged with driving with more than 80 milligrams of alcohol in blood.
Both accused have been released on a promise to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Cobourg, Ontario on Wednesday February 19, 2014 at 9:30 am. Both have had their drivers licence suspended for 90 days and their vehicles impounded for seven.
Impaired driving remains the leading cause of criminal death in Canada.