(TOWNSHIP OF GEORGIAN BLUFFS, ON) – On Sunday, June 15, 2014 at approximately 3:28 a.m., a concerned citizen contacted the Grey County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) after witnessing a taxi driver of a local cab company consuming alcohol at a house party in the Township of Georgian Bluffs.
Police observed the suspect vehicle, a red 2007 Toyota, travelling eastbound on Grey Rd. 5 in the Township of Georgian Bluffs. The driver, who was carrying two passengers inside the vehicle at the time, was found to have been drinking alcohol and was subsequently given a road side breath test, which he failed. The driver was arrested for impaired driving. The taxi was towed and another taxi attended the scene to transport the passengers to their destination.
The accused was transported to the Chatsworth Detachment for further breath tests which concluded he had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
Matthew John KIRK, 29, of Owen Sound, was charged with impaired/over 80 milligrams and is scheduled to appear in court in Owen Sound on Thursday, July 10, 2014.