More Impaired Drivers – Joanne KING & Pierre COUTURE

(QUINTE WEST, ON) – The Quinte West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid impaired driving charges in two separate investigations.

On Thursday, November 20, 2025, at approximately 8:30 a.m., the Quinte West OPP located a vehicle involved in a traffic complaint, the driver was found to be impaired and operating a stolen vehicle.

Pierre COUTURE, age 63, from Quebec, was charged with: 

•               Operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs

•               Theft of motor vehicle

•               Possession property obtained by crime over $5000

•               Drive- hand held communication device

•               Drive motor vehicle, fail to display two plates

•               Drive motor vehicle – no licence

•               Change lane – not in safety

The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Belleville on December 18, 2025.

Later that same morning, Thursday, November 20, 2025, at approximately 11:00 a.m., the Quinte West OPP responded to a fail to remain motor vehicle collision another traffic complaint causing an accident, the driver was located a short time later and arrested      .

Joanne KING, age 54, from Frankford, was charged with:         

•        Operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs

•        Dangerous operation

•        Fail to remain

The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Belleville on December 18, 2025. The vehicle was impounded for seven days, and their licence suspended for 90 days.

If you suspect that someone is driving or about to drive impaired, call 9-1-1 and report it. You could save a life.

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