Five drivers facing impaired charges in Essex County

Keys, alcohol and handcuffs are displayed. (Source: OPP)

Essex County OPP have charged five drivers with impaired driving after three separate incidents.

On Friday at 8:48 p.m., OPP officers investigated a traffic complaint on Lake Drive near Lakeview Drive in Lakeshore.

A 17-year-old male of Belle River was arrested and charged with the following Criminal Code offences:

• Operation while impaired - alcohol and drugs
• Operation while impaired - blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)

On Sunday at 2:53 a.m., officers investigated a motor vehicle collision on Highway 3 near Morse Road in Leamington.

A 32-year-old McGregor woman was arrested and charged with the following Criminal Code offences:

• Operation while impaired - alcohol and drugs
• Operation while impaired - blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
• Dangerous operation
• Failure to stop after accident

On Sunday at 11:23 p.m., officers investigated a traffic complaint on Manning Road in Tecumseh.

A 31-year-old Windsor resident was arrested and charged with the following Criminal Code offences:

• Operation while impaired - blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
• Operation while impaired - alcohol and drugs

On Monday at 1:13 a.m., officers stopped a vehicle on I.C. Roy Drive in Lakeshore.

A 27-year-old Windsor man was arrested and charged with the following Criminal Code offences:

• Operation while impaired - alcohol and drugs
• Failure or refusal to comply with demand

At 4:27 a.m. on Monday, officers conducted a traffic stop on County Road 23 at Highway 3 in Kingsville.

A 40-year-old Lakeshore woman was arrested and charged with the following Criminal Code offence:

• Operation while impaired - blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)

The accused were all scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Windsor to answer to the charges.

In each case, a 90-day Administrative Driver’s License Suspension (ADLS) and a seven-day vehicle impoundment was initiated as per statute.

If you have an urgent traffic complaint or if you suspect someone is driving while their ability to operate a motor vehicle is impaired by drugs or alcohol, please call 911 immediately.

If you have a non-emergency traffic complaint, you may also call 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).