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Man accused of drinking where he shouldn't, not being honest with police

Police say this happened at the Highway 7 rest area near the Woolwich-Guelph Town Line
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NEWS RELEASE

ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE

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GUELPH-ERAMOSA TOWNSHIP – On June 25, 2016 at approximately 12:20 a.m., an officer with the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Traffic Management Unit (TMU) was patrolling Highway 7 near the Woolwich-Guelph Town Line, Guelph-Eramosa Township and pulled in the rest area. 

The officer observed a taxi along with a man standing outside the vehicle drinking a beer.  

When noticed by police, he got back in to the passenger seat of the cab.

During the investigation, he provided a false name and was not following a condition of a court order. He was arrested and brought to a local OPP Operations Centre.

46-year-old Roane Chambers of Kitchener is charged with;

  • Fail to comply with recognizance-Criminal Code (C.C.)
  • Obstruct police-C.C.
  • Personation with intent to avoid arrest-C.C.
  • Consuming liquor in other than licenced premise-Liquor Licence Act

He appeared in Guelph Bail Court on June 27, 2016.

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