NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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KIRKLAND LAKE – On Dec. 31 2020, at approximately 10:02 p.m., members of the Kirkland Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol in the Town of Kirkland Lake when they observed a motor vehicle driving erratically on Churchill Drive.
A traffic stop was conducted and the investigation revealed that the driver was under the influence of alcohol.
As a result, Adam Gervais, age 20, of Capreol, Ontario, has been charged with the following:
- Operation while impaired, contrary to section 320.14(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (CC),
- Operation while impaired - blood alcohol concentration (80 plus), contrary to section 320.14(1)(b) of the CC,
- Drive motor vehicle with liquor readily available, contrary to section 32(1) of the Liquor Licence Act (LLA), and
- Drive motor vehicle with open container of liquor, contrary to section 32(1) of the LLA.
The driver was issued a 90 day Administrative Driver's Licence Suspension (ADLS) and the motor vehicle was impounded for seven days.
The accused was released on an Undertaking and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on Feb. 11, 2021, in Kirkland Lake.
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