(NORTH PERTH, ON) – Another driver has been charged with impaired driving after a traffic stop in the Municipality of North Perth last week.
On January 13 2022, just before 9:00 p.m., a Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer on general patrol conducted a traffic stop with a vehicle on Tremaine Avenue South, Listowel. The driver was arrested and transported to a police operations centre for further examination by a Drug Recognition Evaluator (DRE).
Lance BRIGHTON, 60, of Howick Township, has been charged with:
– Operation while Impaired – Alcohol and Drugs
– Possession of Schedule I Substance – Opioid
A 90-day driving suspension and seven-day vehicle impoundment was initiated as per statute. The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Stratford at a later date to answer to the charges.