Ontario Provincial Police from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment arrested two area residents following separate impaired driving investigations.
On Aug. 31 OPP received a call from a resident reporting a driver who was possibly impaired leaving a retail parking lot on Jones Road in Midland. Officers on the road located the vehicle in a store/gas station on William Street.
After speaking with the driver, the officers entered into an impaired by drug investigation. The services of a OPP Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) officer assisted the investigating officer.
Leslie Smith, 54, of Port McNicoll has been charged with operation while impaired - alcohol and drugs contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada.
The accused was released from custody to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on Sept. 12, was served a 90-day driver's licence suspension and the involved vehicle was towed and impounded for seven days in accordance to the Ministry of Transportation (ADLS) guidelines.
On Aug. 31 at approximately 2:45 a.m. an OPP sergeant of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment while on patrol noticed a small SUV operating on Elizabeth Street without any lighting.
The officer was able to follow and safely stop the vehicle in the area of the banking district of King Street, Midland. Upon speaking with the driver, an impaired driving investigation was commenced resulting in Brandon Waterfield-Monette, 29, of Midland being charged criminally with the driving offence of operation while impaired - blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
The accused was released from custody to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on Sept. 19, 2024, was served a 90-day driver's licence suspension and the involved vehicle was towed and impounded for seven days in accordance to the Ministry of Transportation (ADLS) guidelines.
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