A 39-year-old South Bruce man is facing multiple charges following a bizarre sequence of events on Friday east of Wingham that ended with officers having to talk the man down from a large tree, Huron OPP said.
Officers were called to the area of Orange Hill Road in Howick, Ont., northeast of Gorrie, at around 8:30 p.m. after receiving a report that a vehicle was nearly struck by a possible impaired driver, police said Monday.
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As police were making their way to the scene, the driver ditched his SUV and ran into a nearby swamp, officials said. After leaving the swamp, the man then allegedly got into a parked vehicle, was confronted by the vehicle’s owner, ran again, and climbed a nearby tree.
Once at the scene, police managed to coax the man into climbing down and turning himself in.
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According to the investigating officer, the driver was exhibiting several signs of being under the influence of an unspecified drug, something that was later confirmed by a drug recognition expert at the OPP’s Wingham detachment, police said.
The accused faces a charge of impaired operation by drug, theft of motor vehicle, and trespass by night.
He has been released from custody with a court date of March 13, 2017 in Goderich, police said.
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