(PERTH COUNTY, ON) – The Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged three impaired drivers over the Victoria Day long weekend due to alcohol and drug related driving offences. All three drivers were caught between 8:00 p.m. on May 21, 2023, and 1:00 a.m. May 22, 2023.
On May 21, 2023, just before 9:00 p.m., Perth County OPP and Perth East Fire Department responded to a report of a vehicle on fire on Road 111 in the Township of Perth East and spoke with the vehicle driver.
Blake BINKLE, 30, of Stratford, has been charged with:
– Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
On May 21, 2023, just before 11:00 p.m., police received a report of a driver of a motor vehicle being possibly impaired in Listowel. Police located the vehicle and spoke with the driver.
Rebecca MOORE, 32, of North Perth, has been charged with:
– Operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs
On May 22, 2023, just before 1:00 a.m., police initiated a traffic stop in the Municipality of West Perth due to a Highway Traffic Act infraction.
Rebecca LORENTZ, 47, of Stratford, has been charged with:
– Operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs
– Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
– Driving While Under Suspension – Highway Traffic Act
All of the accused parties were released from custody and are scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Stratford at a later date to answer to the charges. A 90-day Administrative Driver’s Licence Suspension (A.D.L.S.) and a 7-day vehicle impoundment was initiated as per stature.
If you suspect someone is driving while their ability to operate a motor vehicle is impaired, by drug of alcohol, call police at 911 to report it.
