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An OPP cruiser is seen in this file photo.

An OPP cruiser is seen in this file photo.

Ontario Provincial Police in Sharbot Lake are looking to speak to anyone who may have witnessed a case of road rage last Friday.

 

 

The OPP said the incident took place on County Road 38 in the Central Frontenac village at about 2:30 p.m. The vehicles involved in the incident were a white Dodge Charger and a blue GMC Sonoma pickup truck.

The OPP are asking that anyone who may have witnessed the encounter to come forward.

Those with information can contact Const. John Thurston at the Sharbot Lake OPP by calling 613-279-2195.

RIDE programs net charges

Ontario Provincial Police have charged a number of drivers this holiday season during various RIDE programs, including a Stone Mills man and a Napanee man on Friday and a Stone Mills woman and Saturday.

On Friday at about 7:35 p.m., the OPP had set up a RIDE program at County Road 6 in Stone Mills when a man drove through. As a result of speaking with the driver, he was charged.

Geoffrey Taylor, 51, has been charged with operating a vehicle while impaired by alcohol and operating a vehicle with more than 80 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood. Taylor was released from police custody on a promise to appear in court on Jan. 15, 2019.

During the same RIDE program, officers stopped another vehicle and found cannabis inside. It was readily available and within reach of the driver. The cannabis was seized and the driver was issued a ticket.

The OPP have charged 60-year-old Russell McIver of Napanee with driving a vehicle with cannabis readily available contrary to the provincial Cannabis Act, which comes with a set fine of $215

The next evening, the OPP set up a RIDE at the intersection of County Road 4 and Country Road 17 in Stone Mills Township.

A vehicle was stopped and again officers and found cannabis readily available to the driver. The cannabis was seized and the driver was issued a ticket.

Karen Marshall, a 51-year-old from Stone Mills, was charged with driving a vehicle with cannabis readily available contrary to provincial Cannabis Act with a set fine of $215.

 

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Source: The Kingston Whig-Standard