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Impaired driving investigation leads to weapons charge

KAWARTHA LAKES-A 25 year old Lindsay man is facing a weapons charge after being pulled over on suspicion of impaired driving.

Police say on Sunday August 26th at 12:30am a City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service Constable was on patrol in the area of Saint David Street at Mount Hope Street in Lindsay. The officer stopped a vehicle travelling on Mount Hope Street and initiated an investigation of the driver for impaired driving.

During the investigation, the officer determined that the man operating the vehicle was allegedly bound by the conditions of a court ordered recognizance and was breaching the conditions of his recognizance. The investigator arrested the man and found him to be in possession of a prohibited weapon according to police.

Charged with failing to comply with his recognizance, unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon and other Highway Traffic Act offences is 25-year-old Kristopher Godwin of Lindsay.

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Pamela Vanmeer
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Pamela VanMeer is a two time winner of the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Award. Her investigative reports on abuse in Long Term Care Homes garnered international attention for the issue and won the Ron Laidlaw Award. She is a former reporter and anchor at CHEX News, now Global Peterborough and helped launch the New CHEX Daily, a daily half hour talk show. While at CHCH News in Hamilton she covered some of the biggest news stories of the day.

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