Driver charged with impaired blows more than 3 times legal limit

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release

On February 21, 2022, at approximately 9:00 am, police responded to a report of an intoxicated male who left a business, then proceeded to drive a vehicle.  Police located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop in the 200 block of 18^th street N after police observed the vehicle make an illegal U-turn, and drive on a sidewalk.

The 22-year-old male driver was arrested.  He provided samples of his breath more than three times the legal limit.  The male was lodged at Brandon Police Service and will be released on charges of Driving While Ability Impaired and Driving with More Than 80 mgs of Alcohol in Blood once sober.