Muskoka man charged after impaired and dangerous driving near trick-or-treaters: OPP

A roadside screening test registers a fail. (Source: OPP/X)

A Bracebridge driver is facing multiple charges for alleged dangerous driving while impaired on Halloween night in Gravenhurst.

According to Bracebridge OPP, they received a 7:45 p.m. report from a resident about the behaviour of a driver near John Street North and Peter Street, where many children were trick-or-treating.

Police say officers tracked down the vehicle on Muskoka Road South and pulled it over in a retail parking lot.

The 31-year-old male driver was charged with operation while impaired, driving with a blood alcohol concentration exceeding 80 milligrams per 100 millilitres, having a blood alcohol concentration exceeding zero (as a novice driver), dangerous driving, stunt driving and failing to comply with a probation order.

He is scheduled for a mid-November court date in Bracebridge.