(TINY TOWNSHIP, ON) -Members of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched at 2:12 am June 8, 2018 to a report of a vehicle that had crashed into the ditch on Balm Beach Road in the area of Baseline and Marshall Roads, Tiny Township.
Officers were assisted by callers advising that the vehicle was leaving the scene and provided information as to it's direction of travel. Responding officers located the vehicle at a Midland residence shortly afterwards.
Investigators, once speaking with the driver of the vehicle commenced a drinking and driving investigation resulting in Lorne David GODFREY, 70 years of Midland being charged with Driving While Ability Impaired- motor vehicle (Alcohol) contrary to section 253(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. His vehicle was towed and impounded for 7 days and his driver's licence was suspended for 90 days and he was released to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Midland on June 28, 2018.