A Pembroke resident is facing impaired driving and breach charges after police responded to a report of a person passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle.
Members of the Upper Ottawa Valley detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police say officers were called at about 7:45 a.m. on Feb. 27 to the area of Mary Street and Moffat Street in Pembroke.
Police say officers located the vehicle and began an impaired driving investigation after speaking with the driver.
As part of the investigation, officers conducted a standard field sobriety test. Further evaluation was carried out by a drug recognition expert at the detachment.
Police say the investigation also determined the accused had breached release conditions related to a previous intimate partner violence case.
As a result, a 39-year-old Pembroke resident has been charged with operation while impaired by drugs and failure to comply with an undertaking.
Police say the accused had their driver’s licence suspended for 90 days and their vehicle was impounded for seven days.
The individual was held for a bail hearing and later released with a future court date at the Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke.
Police say the accused’s name is not being released because the charges are connected to an intimate partner violence investigation.
(Steve Berard)