(QUINTE WEST, ON) – On Saturday April 29th, 2017, at approximately 12:45am officers from the Quinte West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a motor vehicle on Wallbridge-Loyalist Road for a Highway Traffic Act offence.
During the course of the stop it was determined that the driver’s ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by alcohol.
John HOVINGA, 53, of Belleville has been charged with:
Driving with more than 80mgs of alcohol in Blood, Section 253(1)(b) of the Criminal Code
The vehicle was also towed and impounded for seven days and the male’s driver’s licence has also been suspended for 90 days.
The male was released on a Promise to Appear and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice Belleville on May 11th, 2017.