20-YEAR-OLD PORT SYDNEY DRIVER AMONG FOUR CHARGED WITH IMPAIRED OPERATION
MUSKOKA — Police are four for three in impaired driving charges this week.
Yesterday, Tuesday April 29, at 1:40 a.m., an officer conducting general patrol in Bracebridge observed a vehicle on Manitoba Street run a red light.
After stopping the vehicle they charged 68-year-old Randall Husse, of Feversham, with Impaired Operation CC 320.14(1)(a), Over 80 CC 320.14(1)(b) and Red Light-Fail to Stop HTA 144(18).
Feversham is to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge June 3, 2025.
On Monday, April 28, at 4:20 p.m., officers were investigating a report of a person causing a disruption at a business in MacTier and learned the suspect had left in a vehicle that she did not have permission to be driving.
The owner of the vehicle located it in Port Carling and the female party fled the scene. She was located a short time later, on foot, by officers and placed her under arrest.
Paula Leponiemi, of Barrie, is charged with Impaired Operation CC 320.14(1)(a) and Over 80 CC 320.14(1)(b).
Leponiemi is to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge June 3, 2025.
On Sunday April 27, at 2:40 p.m., officers responded to a call from a member of the public about the condition of a driver on Muskoka Road 169 in Bala in Muskoka Lakes Township.
Police investigated before arresting and charging 35-year-old Adam Busch, of Hannon, with Impaired Operation CC 320.14(1)(a), Over 80 CC 320.14(1)(b) and Transportation Fraud CC 393(3).
Busch is to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge June 3.
Later that day at 8:45 p.m. police received several traffic complaints from motorists driving on Highway 11 North in Gravenhurst describing a vehicle they said was creating unsafe conditions.
Officers located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop on Highway 11 just north of Bethune Drive.
Twenty-year-old Celine Laferriere, of Port Sydney, was charged with Impaired Operation CC 320.14(1)(a), Over 80 CC 320.14(1)(b), Dangerous Operation CC 320.13(1), Young Driver having B.A.C. above zero HTA 44.1(5) and Driving Motor Vehicle with Liquor Readily Available LLCA 42(1)(b).
Laferriere is to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on May 20, 2025.
