NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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Members of the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police charged a driver with impaired operation after conducting a traffic stop in Verulam Township.
Just after midnight on Dec. 1, 2021 officers stopped a motor vehicle on Kelly's Bay Road and found the driver to be impaired by alcohol.
Richard Kidd, 47 years-of-age, of St Catharines has been charged with:
- Operation while impaired - blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
- Operation while prohibited under the Criminal Code
- Driving motor vehicle with open container of liquor
The accused is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Lindsay on Dec. 17, 2021.
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