Belva KINGBIRD – Impaired Driving

(FORT FRANCES, ON) – The driver of a vehicle stopped for speeding was arrested and charged with impaired offences.

On November 6, 2024, at approximately 1:00 am, an officer with the Rainy River District Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a speeding vehicle in the Mill Road area of Fort Frances.

During the interaction, the officer determined that the driver was obviously impaired by alcohol. The driver was arrested at the scene and transported to the Fort Frances OPP Detachment where breath testing was completed by way of demand.

Belva KINGBIRD, 37-years-old from Fort Frances, ON is charged criminally with one count impaired operation drugs or alcohol, and one count of impaired operation blood alcohol concentration 80 milligrams or over.

The accused’s driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days, and the vehicle was impounded for seven days. The accused was released by police and is scheduled to appear in the Fort Frances Ontario Court of Justice on December 16, 2024, to answer to the charges.

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