NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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TOWNSHIP OF PUSLINCH - On Nov. 1, 2020 at approximately 1:30 p.m., a member of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop of a passenger vehicle on Lake Road in Puslinch Township.
Police spoke with the driver and formed the opinion that they had alcohol in their system. A roadside screening test was conducted which resulted in a fail. The driver was arrested and brought to a local OPP Operations Centre for further testing.
Joseph Christopher Hodgkinson, 30 years old of Brantford, has been charged with impaired operation - 80 plus (mg of alcohol per 100 mL of blood contrary to the Criminal Code, driving a motor vehicle with cannabis readily available contrary to the Cannabis Control Act, and speeding contrary to the Highway traffic Act.
A 90-day administrative driver's licence suspension (ADLS) and seven-day vehicle impoundment was initiated as per statute. The accused is scheduled to appear in the Ontario court of justice - Guelph on Nov. 24, 2020.
If you suspect someone is driving while their ability to operate a motor vehicle is impaired, either by drug or alcohol, call police at 911 to report it.
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