Published April 24 2018

Over the last week Haliburton Highlands OPP responded to 93 calls including five animal complaints two break and enter calls one noise complaint nine traffic complaints and 10 motor vehicle accidents three of which were due to deer. There were 23 RIDE checks in the area.

A 41-year-old Minden Hills woman was charged with impaired driving and having too much alcohol in her blood following a RIDE check on Bobcaygeon Road.
The incident took place April 22 police say at about 8:30 p.m. OPP stopped a black van and officers found the driver had been drinking.
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice on June 6. She was also issued a 90-day driver’s licence suspension and her vehicle was impounded for seven days.

A 30-year-old Trent Lakes man was charged with driving while disqualified failing to comply with a probation order driving while suspended driving an off-road vehicle with no number plate and driving an off-road vehicle with no insurance after being stopped by police on April 21.
According to the OPP the man was observed by an officer on patrol just after 7:30 p.m. on Bobcaygeon Road in Minden Hills. His off-road side-by-side had no licence plate.
The accused is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Minden on June 6.