NEWS RELEASES
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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TOWNSHIP OF GUELPH-ERAMOSA - On Monday, Feb. 18, 2019 at approximately 1 a.m., a Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer observed a vehicle parked and running on Main Street North, Rockwood. The officer approached the vehicle and discovered the driver of the blue sedan was asleep behind the wheel.
Officers awoke the female driver and formed the opinion that she was impaired by alcohol. She was arrested and brought to a local OPP Operations Centre for further testing.
Tracy Noblett-Cripps, 43-years-old of Erin, has been charged with impaired operation and impaired operation - 80mg plus of alcohol per 100mL of blood. A 90-day administrative driver's licence suspension (A.D.L.S.) and seven-day vehicle impoundment was initiated as per statute. She is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice on March 22, 2019.
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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On Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019 at approximately 12 p.m., an Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was monitoring traffic on Stone Road West, Guelph. The officer stopped the driver of a blue hatchback for a traffic offence.
While speaking with the male driver, the officer formed the opinion that he was under the influence of alcohol. A roadside screening test was conducted which resulted in a fail. He was arrested and brought to a local OPP Operations Centre for further testing.
Michael J. M. Hamilton, 43 years old of Guelph has been charged with impaired operation - 80mg plus of alcohol per 100mL of blood. A 90-day administrative driver's licence suspension and seven-day vehicle impoundment was initiated as per statute. He is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice on March 26, 2019.
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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