VEHICLE STOPPED FOR PROLONGED PERIOD IN LIVE TRAFFIC LANE EARLY SATURDAY LEADS TO IMPAIRED DRIVING CHARGE IN GRAVENHURST

GRAVENHURST — Police have charged a driver after investigating a suspicious vehicle complaint.

On Saturday, October 24, at 3:45 a.m., the OPP responded to a report from a member of the public about a suspicious vehicle that had been stopped in a live lane on Sharpe Street near First Street South, in Gravenhurst, for an extended period of time.

Officers attended and subsequently arrested and charged Stephanie Wilkes, 46, of Gravenhurst, with Operation while Impaired – Drug and operate a motor vehicle without insurance.

Wilkes is to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on December 8, 2026.

Police charged a Gravenhurst woman with impaired operation after the vehicle she was in was stopped in live traffic lane for a prolonged period at First and Sharpe streets.