EASTER WEEKEND RIDE BLITZ SEES 3 CHARGED IN MUSKOKA SATURDAY 

MUSKOKA — An Easter weekend traffic safety blitz sees three drivers charged in Port Carling, Bracebridge and Gravenhurst Saturday.

On April 19, at 5:45 p.m. the Central Region Traffic Incident Management Enforcement (T.I.M.E.) team and Bracebridge OPP officers were conducting a RIDE program on Maple Street in Port Carling in Muskoka Lakes Township.

A vehicle entered the RIDE program and officers commenced their impaired driving investigation, arresting and charging 63-year-old Karen Schuh, of Port Carling, with Impaired Operation CC 320.14(1)(a) and Over 80 CC 320.14(1)(b).

Schuh is to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on May 6, 2025 to answer to her charges.

Later in the evening, at 9 p.m., officers along with members of the T.I.M.E. team were conducting a RIDE program on Ecclestone Drive in Bracebridge.

They stopped a nearby vehicle that appeared to be avoiding the RIDE checkpoint.

Police arrested and charged Jonah Killins-Beasley, 24, of Muskoka Lakes Township, with Impaired Operation – Over 80 CC 320.14(1)(b).

Killins-Beasley is to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on May 20.

And at 11:20 p.m. the T.I.M.E. team was conducting another RIDE program on Muskoka Road South in the town of Gravenhurst.

While investigating the conduct of a driver, officers became concerned about the driving behaviour of another vehicle travelling on Bethune Drive.

A traffic stop was conducted and police subsequently arrested and charged 61-year-old Robert Hamann, of Barrie, with Impaired Operation CC 320.14(1)(a) and Over 80 CC 320.14(1)(b).

Hamann is also to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on May 20, 2025.