Four people charged with impaired driving in a week: OPP

Several people were charged in a week’s time by Ontario Provincial Police officers for impaired driving.

In a press release, officials from the Upper Ottawa Valley detachment say that the four drivers were caught between May 23 and 30, several of which happened in the middle of the day.

The first report came to police at 11:00 a.m. on May 23. There was a traffic complaint on Highway 17, and officers found the vehicle and transported the driver to the detachment for more testing.

Richard Kohli, 59, of Niagara Falls, is facing impaired operation offences.

The next day, around 11:30 a.m., OPP got a complaint for an “erratic driver.” The vehicle was said to be in a parking lot of a business on Pembroke Street East.

There, police found Rejean Levesque, 77, from the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation. They were charged with failure to provide a sample.

A few days later, on May 28, another complaint was made to police about a possible impaired driver on Highway 17. Officers found the vehicle and used a Roadside Screening Device. The driver was sent to the detachment for more testing.

Shawn Patterson, 56, from Pembroke was charged with impaired operation.

A person “driving recklessly” in Killaloe on May 30 around 10:30 p.m. was called in to officials. They found Daniel McCaffrey, 55, of Wilno and charged him with impaired operation and failure to provide a sample.

“Each of the accused had their driver’s licence suspended for 90 days and the vehicles were towed and impounded for seven days,” police noted in a press release. “They were released to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke at a later date.”