Posted on 14 Jul 2008 by Cst. Terry Stanley

Over the past weekend, Cobourg Police arrested two people for impaired driving and an additional two received 12-hour suspensions for alcohol consumption.

The first incident involved a car traveling southbound on William Street, which police observed being operated in an erratic manner. This occurred at 2:24 a.m., on Saturday, July 12. Upon stopping the car, the driver was agitated, sarcastic and uncooperative. He had the odour of alcohol on his breath.

After failing a road-side breath test, he was arrested and returned to the police office where an intoxylizer test produced readings over twice the legal limit. The 24 year old Grafton man has been charged with Impaired Driving and Driving a Motor Vehicle in Contravention of G2 Licensing Conditions.

Less that an hour later, police stopped a vehicle on Elgin Street East and when the 19 year old male driver from Roseneath blew a ‘warn’ on the road-side breath test, he was given a 12-hour licence suspension. His car was towed to a garage.

Later on Saturday evening at approximately 8:45 p.m., Cobourg Police on patrol on Elgin Street West near Burnham Street, observed a car traveling westbound and weaving back and forth.

The vehicle was stopped and a 33 year old Port Hope man was found to be intoxicated and he was arrested for impaired driving. Back at the police office he blew almost three times the legal limit.

The final drinking and driving occurrence involved a 19 year old man from Oshawa striking a tree with his car on Monk Street. He showed signs of alcohol consumption and blew a ‘warn’ on the road-side breath test.

He has been charged with Careless Driving and he also received a 12-hour licence suspension.