(THAMES CENTRE, ON) – On August 28, 2016, at approximately 1:22 a.m., the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were alerted to an erratic driver travelling eastbound on Highway 401.
Officers located the motor vehicle, a black Mercedes car, near Putnam Road, and conducted a traffic stop. It was determined that the male driver had been drinking alcohol. A roadside screening device was administered, and the driver registered a “fail”. He was placed under arrest, and transported to a Middlesex County OPP detachment for further breath testing.
As a result of the police investigation, 60-year-old Joao RODRIGUES, from Woodstock, Ontario, has been charged with driving with more than 80 mgs of alcohol in blood, contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada.
The accused was released from police custody by way of a Promise to Appear (PTA), and is scheduled to answer the charge in a London court on October 13, 2016.