Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Busy weekend for Police

The Harborfest weekend proved to be a busy one for the OPP.

Police say they had 72 liquor licence violations, five impaired drivers and handed out five warnings resulting in three day licence suspensions.

In once instance, the OPP were conducting a RIDE check stop on Saturday.

One driver failed to stop for officers, then fled his vehicle on foot.

Police say they were able to identify the driver and arrested him a short time later.

30 year old William Hoard of Kenora has been charged with impaired driving and dangerous driving.

He's due to appear in Kenora Court on September 8th to answer to the charges.