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Tip from the public helps police nab alleged impaired driver

KAWARTHA LAKES-A tip from the public resulted the arrest of an alleged impaired driver.

Police say on April 14, 2020 at 4:45PM, a concerned citizen contacted the Kawartha Lakes Police Service after she observed a man consuming cannabis in a parked vehicle.  Officers attended the area and found the alleged suspect vehicle as it began to drive on Russell Street West in Lindsay.  The vehicle was stopped by police in order to determine the sobriety of the driver.  Police say the investigating officer determined the driver was impaired and he was placed under arrest. 

Charged with impaired operation – alcohol and drugs is 60-year-old Paul Lockhart of Irondale.  The accused will appear at the Ontario Court of Justice, located at 440 Kent Street West in Lindsay, on June 18, 2020.

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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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