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FROM: Peterborough County Detachment            RELEASE: 07may2008                    

 

 

 

 

PETERBOROUGH

 

DRIVING COMPLAINT RESULTS IN OVER 80MGS. CHARGE

 

 

 On May 6th 2008 at approx 1:50pm, Peterborough County O.P.P. received a driving complaint in regard to a vehicle that was traveling on County Road 48 in the Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen. Officers located and stopped the suspect vehicle shortly thereafter. The driver of the vehicle was investigated by police. As a result of this investigation, Michael Stephen Flood (50yrs. of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Twp.) has been charged with Operating a Motor Vehicle with a Blood/Alcohol Concentration Exceeding 80mgs. of Alcohol in 100mills. Of Blood contrary to Section 253(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada.

 

Flood is scheduled to appear in Peterborough Provincial Court on June 12th 2008.

 

 

 

 

           

 

Contact: (Constable G. Klingsphon)

Peterborough County OPP

705-742-0401

 

 

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FROM: Peterborough County Detachment            RELEASE: 06may2008                    

 

 

 

 

PETERBOROUGH

 

ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP RESULTS IN OVER 80MGS. CHARGE

 

 

 On May 5th 2008 at approx 11:15am, officers were conducting routine traffic patrols  on Highway 7 near Leanne Avenue when they stopped a westbound vehicle. As a result of this investigation, KENNETH ANDERSON, 44 years of age of Marmora, Ontario was charged with Operating a Motor Vehicle with a Blood/Alcohol Concentration Exceeding 80 mgs. of Alcohol in 100 mills. of Blood   contrary to Section 253(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada.

 

Anderson is scheduled to appear in Peterborough Provincial Court on June 12th 2008.

 

 

 

Contact: (Constable G. Klingsphon)

Peterborough County OPP

705-742-0401

 

 

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FROM: Peterborough County Detachment            RELEASE: 05may2008                    

 

 

 

 

PETERBOROUGH

 

ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP RESULTS IN DRUG CHARGES - 04may2008

 

 

 While conducting routine traffic patrol on Highway 115 near Highway 7a, officers observed a northbound vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was stopped and in the course of this traffic investigation, officers located a quantity of marijuana inside the motor vehicle.

  Charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance is:

 

Brian Pomeroy age – 18yrs of age of Hamilton, Ontario

Youri Kaplan age – 19yrs of age of Hamilton, Ontario

 

Both parties scheduled to appear in Peterborough Criminal Court on June 19th 2008.

 

 

Contact: (Constable G. Klingsphon)

Peterborough County OPP

705-742-0401

 

 

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FROM: Peterborough County Detachment            RELEASE:  April 30, 2008 

 

 

 

 

HIGH-MILER CHARGED

 

            On April 29, 2008 at approximately 5:50 PM, Peterborough County OPP officers located a northbound vehicle on Highway #115 (Cavan-Monaghan Twp) traveling 169 km/h.  The vehicle was subsequently stopped and the driver was investigated.    As a result of the police investigation, Matthew Darrin DESIRA (34 yrs, of Markham) has been charged with Race a Motor Vehicle (Sec 172(1) HTA).  DESIRA is scheduled to appear in the Peterborough Provincial Courts on June 09, 2008.  

 

 

 

 

 

Contact:  Cst. Gordon Klingspohn #9592

Media Relations

Peterborough County OPP

705-742-0401

gordon.klingspohn@ontario.ca

 

 

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FROM: Peterborough County Detachment            RELEASE:  April 29, 2008 (b)

 

 

 

HIGH-MILER CHARGED

 

On April 28, 2008 at approximately 4:40 PM, Peterborough County OPP officers were conducting patrols on Highway #115 (Cavan-Monaghan Twp).  At that time officers located a vehicle traveling 160 km/h.  As a result of the police investigation, Thomas Allan DAVIES (18 yrs, of Kanata) has been charged with the following offences:

 

Race a Motor Vehicle (Sec 172 (1) HTA).

Drive Motor Vehicle with No Plates (Sec 7 (1)(b) HTA).

 

DAVIES is scheduled to appear in the Peterborough Provincial Courts on June 09, 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

Contact:  Cst. Gordon Klingspohn #9592

Media Relations

Peterborough County OPP

705-742-0401

gordon.klingspohn@ontario.ca

 

 

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Provincial Summary:  Spring Seatbelt Campaign   April 29, 2008

 

ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE CRACKDOWN ON SEATBELT USE A SUCCESS

Annual province-wide campaign by police services comes to an end

 

(ORILLIA) – The Ontario Provincial Police checked more than 1.24 million vehicles during the annual spring seatbelt initiative, which ended at midnight. Four people died as a result of not wearing seatbelts during the province-wide campaign, which began April 16.

 

The OPP, which is responsible for about 70 per cent of the province’s highways, laid 10,753 charges against drivers, 4,481 charges against passengers and charged 274 drivers for not having a probably installed child restraint.

 

Last year, 117 people were killed on roads patrolled by the OPP as a result of not being buckled up, a 14.7 per cent increase over 2006. So far in 2008, 27 people not wearing seatbelts have died on OPP-patrolled roads, a 28.9 per cent decrease over the same time last year, when 38 people had been killed as a result of not being buckled up.

 

“Ontario has one of the highest compliance rates for seatbelt use of any jurisdiction in North America,” OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino said. “But there are still drivers out there who don’t seem to get it. We had four people die during the campaign because they weren’t buckled up. The few seconds it takes to buckle up could be the difference between living and dying if you are involved in a serious collision.”

 

In one incident, OPP stopped a passenger van in which 12 of the 15 people in it weren’t wearing seatbelts. The law calls for vehicles to have one seatbelt for each passenger seat.

 

The OPP was also checking for improperly installed child restraints or young children who weren’t in car seats at all. A properly used child seat reduces a child’s risk of injury in a motor vehicle collision by as much as 75 per cent, yet as many as 80 per cent of child car seats are used incorrectly.

 

Municipal police services across the province were also involved in the seatbelt campaign.

 

 

 

 

Contact:  Cst. Gordon Klingspohn #9592

Media Relations

Peterborough County OPP

705-742-0401

gordon.klingspohn@ontario.ca

 

 

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