(Hawkesbury, ON) – In the evening of June 8th, at approximately 10 pm, Hawkesbury OPP Constables Bouchard, Courtel and Cholette were conducting a RIDE initiative at the Main and John Streets intersection when they stopped a 2003 Ford F-150.
The traffic stop gave the officer reason to believe that the driver had consumed alcohol and that his blood alcohol concentration was above the permitted limit. The driver was consequently arrested for driving while having blood alcohol content above 80 mgs per 100ml of blood.
The driver Benoit GIRARD (35 yrs) of Chenneville, QC was charged under the Criminal Code of Canada with section 253(1)(b) Driving with More than 80 mgs of Alcohol in Blood.
He is to appear in court on June 25th in L’Orignal.