Oxford Ontario Provincial Police briefs

Lee Griffi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Caledon teen faces charges after incident in Oxford County

A teenager from Caledon faces charges after being stopped for stunt driving near Woodstock.

On May 5 at 1:30 a.m., officers from the Oxford detachment of the OPP were conducting speed enforcement on Highway 401 in the Township of Blandford-Blenheim. Police say they pulled over a vehicle after it was clocked at 181 kilometers per hour.

The 17-year-old was charged with impaired driving, failing or refusing to comply with a demand and stunt driving.

He faces a 90-day administrative driver's license suspension and the Tesla he was driving was impounded for 14 days. The teen can not be identified under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice at a later date.

Driver charged after single-vehicle collision

An individual from the Township of Norwich is facing charges after a commercial motor vehicle tipped over in a ditch.

Police were dispatched to Highway 59 in the township on May 3 at 2 a.m. After an investigation, a 39-year-old Norwich Township man was charged with impaired driving and dangerous driving.

The driver was given an automatic 90-day license suspension and a seven-day vehicle impoundment.

The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Woodstock on June 10.

Ingersoll woman charged after public complaint

An individual from Ingersoll is facing impaired driving-related charges stemming from a traffic complaint of a possible impaired driver.

On May 17, just after midnight, members of the Oxford OPP were dispatched to Thames Street North in the Town of Ingersoll. Officers located the vehicle and charged a 36-year-old Ingersoll woman with impaired driving.

She was released and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Woodstock on June 17.