Impaired Driver

A Port Hope female is facing several charges after they were observed operating a vehicle that was driving over the curb, into oncoming traffic and failing to stop for a stop sign.

Police were dispatched on December 1, 2023, to a Jocelyn Street Plaza after witnesses followed the vehicle until it came to a stop in a parking lot. Police arrived and blocked the vehicle, preventing it from leaving. The female driver showed visible signs of intoxication and failed to provide a valid driver’s license and an insurance slip.  As a result, the female was charged with the following:

• Adult Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
• Adult Operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs
• Adult Driving motor vehicle with unsealed container of liquor
• Adult Drive motor vehicle – no license
• Adult Fail to surrender suspended, revoked or cancelled licence
• Adult Fail to surrender insurance card
• Adult Possess non-Photo Card portion of cancelled, revoked or suspended licence

The accused is to appear in court on December 20, 2023.

Anyone with information on a crime are asked to contact Port Hope Police at 905-885-8123 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS