NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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CHAPLEAU – On May 29, 2020, at approximately 4:00 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint on Beech Street in Chapleau.
Officers located the vehicle and stopped it on Birch Street. Officers demanded that the driver provide a breath sample into an Approved Screening Device (ASD). The driver complied and registered a "Fail" on the ASD. The driver was then placed under arrest and transported to the Chapleau OPP detachment for further testing.
As a result of the investigation, Brian Etter, 70 years-of-age, from Chapleau, was charged with the following:
- Operation while impaired - alcohol and drugs, contrary to section 320.14(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (CC); and
- Operation while impaired - blood alcohol concentration (80 plus), contrary to section 320.14(1)(b) of the CC.
The driver was issued a 90-day Administrative Driver's Licence Suspension (ADLS), and the vehicle was impounded for 7 days.
The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on Aug. 17, 2020, in Chapleau.
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