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Man charged after police receive several complaints of erratic driving in Bracebridge

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) cruiser stock at the service's Toronto detachment. Nick Westoll / File / Global News

A man has been charged after police received several complaints of an erratic driver in Bracebridge.

Bracebridge OPP received several complaints that a small vehicle was driving erratically on Tuesday evening. Citizens provided police with a licence plate number.

On Wednesday, shortly after midnight, officers found the suspect vehicle in the Clearbrook Trail area. Police say as officers got closer, the driver attempted to back into a driveway to turn around but got stuck in a snowbank.

According to police, officers found drugs and open alcohol in the vehicle and were allegedly handed fake insurance information.

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Zachary Sheard, 21, of Bracebridge, was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine, using a forged document, driving without proper rear lights, driving a motor vehicle with an open container of liquor, driving a vehicle with cannabis readily available and possessing fraudulent proof of insurance.

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Police say Sheard is scheduled to appear in court in Bracebridge on March 19.

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