Bracebridge OPP laid a total of five impaired charges over the holiday long weekend.
The detachment released some of the details from routine patrols and RIDE programs. Three men and two women were charged with various drinking and driving related offenses.
It started on early Friday morning, May 17th, at 2:24am when a member of the public called police about a vehicle circling downtown Gravenhurst. Officers found the vehicle on Muskoka Road South and charged a 45-year-old man from Toronto with impaired.
An hour later police, acting on a tip from a caller in Port Carling pulled over a 50-year-old Brighton man. He was given two drunk-driving related charges and will appear in court June 11th.
Around 8:00pm that evening, officers operating a RIDE program in the area of Highway 11 and Highway 118 stopped a 46-year-old Windsor man. Further investigation led to a pair of drunk driving charges.
On Saturday morning at 2:30am police were called to a residence on Kilworthy Road for a disturbance. When they arrived a person related to the call was spotted driving away. A 26-year-old Bradford woman will appear in court June 18th to face two drink/driving related charges.
On Monday morning, May 20th, Â an erratic driver was spotted by a member of the public driving on Highway 117 approaching Highway 11. Police were able to locate a 51-year-old Toronto woman and charge her with two charges related to impaired driving.
The OPP would like to thank the public for calling in some of these instances of drunk driving, noting it helps make Muskoka’s roads safer as a result.
