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Bracebridge OPP lay two impaired charges within 90 minutes

A 30-year-old Bracebridge man and a 21-year-old Moose Deer Point man are facing charges
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NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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BRACEBRIDGE – On Sunday Jan. 10, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to a concern from a member of the public about an impaired driver on Twelve Mile Bay Road in Georgian Bay Twp.

Officers located the vehicle and subsequently arrested and charged 21 year-old Austin Galbraith-Cox of Moose Deer Point First Nation with:

  • Operation while impaired CC 320.14(1)(a); and
  • Over 80 CC 320.14(1)(b).

He will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on Feb. 16, 2021 to answer to his charges. His driver's license has been suspended and vehicle impounded.

Also on Sunday Jan. 10, 2021 at 7 p.m. Bracebridge OPP officers responded to reports of a collision involving two vehicles that occurred in the parking lot of a business on Muskoka Road 118 in Bracebridge.

Officers arrived and determined alcohol to be a factor and after conducting an investigation into the collision, arrested and charged 30 year-old Graham Polmateer of Bracebridge, ON with:

  • Operation While Impaired - Over 80 CC 320.14(1)(b).

He will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on Feb. 9, 2021 to answer to his charge. His driver's license has been suspended and vehicle impounded.

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