Four people were charged in relation to driving while under the influence of alcohol. One of the arrests by the OPP followed a citizen’s arrest.
On Tuesday, July 31, at approximately 11:55 p.m., a member of the Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment of OPP conducted a traffic stop on Church Street in Pembroke. The officer was driving an Automatic Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) equipped police vehicle which alerted the officer that the licence plates of the subject vehicle belonged to a suspended driver.
The driver was found to be suspended and also under the influence of alcohol.
The driver, 37-year-old Braden Kerry Robinson of Laurentian Valley Township (LVTP), failed a roadside screening test and was arrested and subsequently charged with the following Criminal Code (CC) offence: Driving with more than 80mgs of alcohol in his blood
Then, just after midnight Wednesday, Aug. 1, an office conducted another traffic stop on Russham Road in Laurentian Valley Township after a possible impaired driver was reported in the area.
The driver, 20-year-old Raegan Goldberg of Pembroke, was found to be under the influence of alcohol. He was arrested after refusing to provide a breath sample and faces the following charge under the CC: Fail or refuse to provide sample
Both drivers were released on a promise to appear with a court date of Tuesday, September 11, at the Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke. Both men had their licences suspended for 90 days and their vehicles towed and impounded for seven days.
On Saturda,y August 4 at approximately 10:30 pm Renfrew OPP officers responded to a report that a witness to a possible impaired driver had made a citizen’s arrest of the suspect. Officers arrived at the location on Whelan Road in the Township of Admaston Bromley to find a male driver who had been drinking.
After failing a roadside alcohol screening test he was arrested and taken to the detachment for further breath tests. At the conclusion of the investigation officers charged Garett McDonald, aged 18 of Renfrew, with driving over 80mgs and being a novice driver with a blood alcohol content (BAC) above 0. He was released on a promise to appear in court in Renfrew on Wednesday, September 12. Provincial Constable Marc Bennett led the investigation.
On Monday, August 6 at approximately 9:10 a.m., OPP responded to a driving complaint regarding a vehicle all over the road almost causing a head on collision on Highway 17 in McNab Braeside Township. Police located and stopped the suspect vehicle.
The female driver was arrested for impaired driving. Following breath tests at the detachment Anne McKennirey, aged 58 of Bristol, Que., was charged with impaired driving and driving over 80mgs. She was released on a promise to appear in court in Renfrew on Wednesday, September 12. PC Jason Golds led the investigation.
Witnesses to suspected impaired drivers are encouraged to call 9-1-1. The OPP consider impaired driving a life-threatening emergency! Provide as much detail as you can about the vehicle, licence plate, location and direction of travel.
Did you know the only exception to the distracted driving law for the public is in an emergency to call 9-1-1? It is legal if you can safely do so, otherwise pull over and make the call.
We do not encourage people to make a citizen’s arrest for public safety reasons.
