(Madoc) – On February 5, 2017 at 3:30 a.m. a member of Central Hastings O.P.P stopped a snowmobile at the Hastings Heritage Trail and Highway # 7 near Bonjour Boulevard in Madoc Township. It was discovered that the driver of the snowmobile had been consuming alcohol and he subsequently failed a roadside screening device.
As a result of the investigation, 18 year old Kody COVENEY of Madoc, ON was arrested and charged with Driving With More Than 80mgs of Alcohol in Blood, Person Under 19 Consuming Liquor and Novice Driver – BAC above 0.
He received a 90-day Administrative Drivers Licence Suspension and his snowmobile was impounded for 7 days. He will appear in Ontario Court of Justice in Belleville on February 23, 2017.