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IMPAIRED CHARGES LAID FOR GOLF CART DRIVER
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(GODERICH, ON) - Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a St. Clements, Ontario resident with criminal driving offences following a traffic stop in the Town of Goderich on June 22nd, 2025.
Just after 1:20 am on Sunday, June 22, 2025, Huron County OPP officers observed a golf cart being driven with no lights activated on Victoria St. N. in Goderich. Officers conducted a traffic stop and spoke to the driver. Police discovered that the driver had consumed alcohol prior to driving, and had also been issued a 3-day driver’s licence suspension the previous day after registering a “WARN” on the Approved Screening Device (ASD).
The driver was subsequently arrested for impaired operation and transported to the Huron OPP detachment in Clinton where they provided breath samples before a qualified Intoxilyzer Breath Technician. Breath samples were provided to police which resulted in readings over twice the legal limit.
David CRAIG, 40 years-of-age from St. Clements ON. has been charged with:
- Impaired Operation - alcohol and drug, - Operation while Impaired - Over 80
The accused was additionally charged with Driving While Under Suspension - Highway Traffic Act.
The golf cart was towed and impounded for 7 days, and the accused’ driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days.
The accused was processed and later released from custody with a court appearance scheduled at the Ontario Court of Justice - Goderich on July 21, 2025.