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Traffic Complaint Leads To Impaired Driving Charge

KAWARTHA LAKES- City of Kawartha OPP officers have laid impaired driving charges following a traffic complaint in Fenelon Township.

On July 22, 2026, at approximately 7:09 a.m., officers responded to reports of a possible impaired driver in the area of Glenarm Road and Killarney Bay Road, Fenelon Township. Officers located the suspect vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. As a result of the investigation, the driver was arrested and charged with impaired driving-related offences.

A30-year-old from Ramara Township, was charged with Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus).

The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Lindsay at a later date.

As a result of the charge, the driver received an immediate 90-day driver’s licence suspension, and the vehicle was impounded for seven days. The vehicle was removed from the scene by a tow operator and held at an authorized impound facility in accordance with provincial impaired driving legislation.

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