(GUELPH-ERAMOSA TOWNSHIP, ON) – On June 4, 2016 at approximately 8:45 a.m. members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call from an alert motorist who advised that she had stopped a possible impaired driver at the intersection of Wellington Road 29 and Wellington Road 124 in Guelph-Eramosa Township. The complainant further advised that she had obtained the driver’s keys to prevent him from driving.
Officers arrived at the scene and while speaking with the male driver of the 2001 Suzuki, police detected the stale odour of alcohol on the driver’s breath and he admitted to consuming alcohol the night before. An Approved Roadside Screening Device test was conducted which resulted in a fail. The driver was arrested and transported to a local OPP Operation Centre for further testing.
His driver’s licence has been suspended for 90 days and the vehicle impounded for a period of seven days as per statute.
24-year-old Nathan WOODLAWN has been charged with over 80 Mgs contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada. He is to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on June 24, 2016 to answer to the charge.
