(Champlain, ON) – In the evening of June 3rd, shortly before 10 pm, Hawkesbury OPP Constable Jean-Alexandre Robillard-Cardinal intercepted a 1999 Toyota Camry for speeding on County Road 4 in the Township of Champlain. The vehicle was stopped on Front Road near Aimé Street in L’Orignal.
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.
Open accessible liquor was found inside the vehicle.
The driver was consequently arrested for driving while having blood alcohol content above 80 mgs per 100ml of blood.
The driver Normand PIETTE (51 yrs) of Hawkesbury, ON was charged under the Criminal Code of Canada with section 253(1)(b) Driving with More than 80 mgs of Alcohol in Blood.
PIETTE was also charged under the Highway Traffic Act with section 128 – Speeding
The accused was also charged under the Liquor Licence Act with section 32(1) Driving motor vehicle with open container of liquor.
He is to appear in court on June 25th in L’Orignal.