PETERBOROUGH-Peterborough Police were kept busy over the Canada Day long weekend with alleged impaired drivers, assaults and vehicle thefts.
A call from a concerned citizen has led to the arrest of an impaired driver on the Friday of the Canada Day long weekend.  Police say at approximately 6:15 p.m. a citizen notified officers about a possible impaired driver leaving a Rye Street restaurant in a pick-up truck. A short time later an officer on patrol in the area of Webber Avenue and Landowne Street located the suspect vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. While speaking with the male driver of the vehicle officers noted an odour of an alcoholic beverage coming from the driver’s breath and a breath test revealed revealed the driver allegedly had more than two and a half times the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
28 year old Michael Douglas Brethour of Springwood Road, Peterborough, was arrested and charged with impaired driving and operating a motor vehicle with more than 80mg blood alcohol content. Another Peterborough man is facing charges including impaired driving after driving the wrong way down a one-way street according to police. Â
 On July 4, 2017 at approximately 3:30 a.m. an officer on patrol saw a van driving the wrong way northbound on Park Street from Dalhousie Street. The officer conducted a traffic stop and a subsequent breath test revealed the male driver is alleged to have had more than the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
 34 year old Anthony James Best of George Street, Peterborough, was arrested and charged with impaired driving and operating a motor vehicle with more than 80mg blood alcohol content.
 Both were served a licence suspension and vehicle impoundment. Â
Theft of Vehicle Arrests
A 47-year-old Hamilton man is facing charges including vehicle theft following an investigation. It was reported that while the male accused was staying at the victim’s residence during the long weekend the victim’s key were stolen then used to steal the victim’s vehicle that had been parked in the downtown area on July 2nd.  At approximately 10:15 a.m. later that same day officers on patrol located the accused walking in the area of Bethune and King Streets.  Lawrence Alfred Carnrite of James Street North, Hamilton, Ontario, was arrested and charged with the following: Theft of a motor vehicle, Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000 (vehicle)Theft under $5,000 and Fail to comply with a probation order.Â
In a second incident The Peterborough Police Service is investigating after a vehicle was stolen from a Lakefield convenience store parking lot. Police say on July 1 at approximately 10:30 p.m. a woman left her vehicle unlocked and running while she went into a convenience store on Queen Street in Lakefield. When the complainant returned to the parking lot minutes later she discovered her vehicle had been stolen.
The vehicle is described as a grey, four-door, 2008 Nissan Versa, Ontario licence plate #BLHH 977.
 Assault Arrests
The Peterborough Police Service has charged a 47-year-old woman with assault following an incident outside a Charlotte Street bar.
 On July 2, 2017 at approximately 1:40 a.m. officers on patrol attended the area of Charlotte Street for an assault. It was reported that when denied entry into a Charlotte Street bar the accused assaulted a security guard.
As a result of the investigation Kathi Athena Leies, 47, of Maiden Lane, Peterborough, was arrested and charged with assault.
A Toronto man has been charged with assault following a Friday evening incident. On June 307 p.m. the male teenage victim, along with friends and family, was walking south on Aylmer Street towards Hunter Street when he was approached by an unknown male, police say. It was reported the male attempted to engage the victim in conversation and eventually struck the victim in the shoulder. The accused and victim do not know each other.
As a result of the investigation Mathew Robin Richens, 39, of Lawrence Avenue, Toronto, was arrested and charged with assault and fail to comply with a probation order X2.
Break and Enter: Goodfellow Road
The Peterborough Police Service is asking for the public’s assistance in locating suspects following a break-in at a Goodfellow Road church.
Sometime between 4 p.m. on July 1, 2017 and 9 a.m. on July 2, 2017 unknown person(s) broke into a Goodfellow Road church through an insecure window. Once inside the thieves stole a laptop and petty cash.
 Anyone with information is asked to call the Peterborough Police Service at 705-876-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or www.stopcrimehere.ca
