NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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On Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 at 1:10 a.m., while on general patrol in the town of Bracebridge, a Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police officer noticed a vehicle travelling on Taylor Road at a very high rate of speed with no lights on.
The vehicle turned onto Cedar Lane and sped past the OPP detachment at more than twice the posted speed limit.
The officer was able to stop the vehicle and conducted an investigation that resulted in 22 year-old Taylor Forester of Bracebridge being charged with stunt driving (racing a motor vehicle - excessive speed) HTA 172(1), dangerous operation of a motor vehicle CC 320.13(1), novice driver - blood alcohol concentration (BAC) above zero HTA 44.1(3) and driving a motor vehicle with open container of alcohol LLA 32(1).
He will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on Oct. 8, 2019 to answer to his charges.
The mandatory driver's licence suspension when an operator's BAC is above 50 mg/100 mL of blood is three days and furthermore the driver's license suspension for a stunt driving offence is seven days along with a seven-day vehicle impoundment.
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