Grandfather Operates Boat Without A Spotter While Smoking Marijuana

GRANDFATHER OPERATES BOAT WITHOUT A SPOTTER WHILE SMOKING MARIHUANA 2013-07-18

(MUNICIPALITY OF CENTRAL HURON, ON) On Wednesday July 17, 2013, around 2:50 p.m., a Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) marine officer was on patrol on Lake Huron, west of the Central Huron shore, where he observed a boat tow a tube with no spotter in the boat.

The officer pulled the OPP marine unit along-side the offending vessel. It was determined that the 55 year old male operating the vessel, a Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Twp. resident was the grandfather of the 14 year old boy being towed in the tube. There was no additional person on the offending vessel to be the spotter for the tubing teenager. The grandfather was subsequently charged with “towing a person without a spotter” (a violation under the Canada Shipping Act). He was issued a $305. ticket.

The OPP officer also questioned the grandfather about the odour of freshly burned marihuana in the boat. The grandfather handed over a small amount of marihuana to the officer. He was issued an Appearance Notice for the offence of “possession schedule ll cannabis marihuana – under 30 grams”, and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Goderich on August 26, 2013 to answer to this charge.

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