Occurrence #: BA140233359
Date: Saturday, May 24, 2014 – 7:00pm
On Friday May 23, 2014 at approximately 7 pm the Barrie Police Service received a number of calls from citizens in regards to a possible impaired driver.
The first call came from citizens reporting that the driver of a silver Dodge Charger had been driven off the roadway and onto a front lawn of a Delaney Crescent residence.
A very short time later calls came in advising that the driver of the same silver Dodge Charger had struck a parked car in a Mapleview Drive East parking lot. A witness spoke to the driver and felt the driver was impaired.
The driver then struck a second parked car and then fled the parking lot, citizens were able to provide the police a detailed description of the driver and the last known direction of travel of the vehicle.
Officers located and stopped the vehicle a short distance away, the driver was quickly placed under arrest for impaired driving.
The driver was transported to the station where he provided breath samples more than twice the legal limit.
The 23 year old Barrie resident was released with a future court date where he will face Impaired Driving and Over 80 mgs charges.