(ALNWICK HALDIMAND TOWNSHIP, ON) – On Monday February 24, 2014 just before 8:00 pm a Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer stopped a motorist for not having a rear licence plate light and found the driver to under the influence of alcohol.
The officer was parked on the west shoulder of County Road 45 just south of Roseneath Landing Road in Alnwick Haldimand Township when he observed a passing northbound vehicle without a rear licence plate light. The beige Buick Century was stopped a short distance away. The officer entered into an investigation regarding the vehicle and driver and found discarded alcoholic beverage containers within the vehicle.
The male driver was arrested for impaired operation of a motor vehicle and transported to Campbellford OPP detachment for breath tests.
Caleb Samuel FRANCES-SMOKE, 25 from Roseneath, Ontario has been charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle and driving with more than 80 milligrams blood alcohol content. The accused was released on a promise to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice on Wednesday March 12, 2014 at 9:30 am in Cobourg, Ontario. He has also been issued a 90 day driver’s licence suspension and a vehicle impoundment for seven days.