{"id":100268,"date":"2024-06-05T14:55:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T18:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editionap.ca\/?p=100268"},"modified":"2025-12-16T13:46:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:46:27","slug":"embrun-resident-charged-with-impaired-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refletnews.ca\/en\/justice-faits-divers\/embrun-resident-charged-with-impaired-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"Embrun Resident Charged with Impaired Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Members of the Ottawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid multiple charges on an Embrun resident after they were stopped on Highway 417.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Shortly after 1:30 a.m. on May 25, officers received a complaint of a possible impaired driver travelling Westbound on Highway 417, near Rockdale Road.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The vehicle was located by officers and failed to stop for police at first. The driver was registered to be travelling more than twice the legal limit.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Claude Lecomte, 64, was arrested and charged with operating a vehicle while impaired with a blood alcohol concentration of 80 plus, careless driving, and fail to stop for police.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lecomte received a 90-day driving suspension and their vehicle was impounded for 14 days.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The accused was released and is set to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Ottawa at a later date.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The OPP thanks members of the public that continue to call in impaired drivers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Ottawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid multiple charges on an Embrun resident after they were stopped on Highway 417.\u00a0 Shortly after 1:30 a.m. on May 25, officers received a complaint of a possible impaired driver travelling Westbound on Highway 417, near Rockdale Road.\u00a0 The vehicle was located by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":100269,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-justice-faits-divers"],"acf":[],"featured_media_global":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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