An Omemee man faces impaired driving charges after Peterborough police say he was found asleep in a vehicle on Wednesday morning.
Peterborough Police Service said around 6:50 a.m., officers were called to a Brock Street parking lot to check on the wellbeing of a driver.
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Officers located a vehicle that was still running and a man who was allegedly “slumped over” in the driver’s seat.
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Police were able to rouse the driver and detected an odour of alcohol on the man’s breath.
A subsequent breath test revealed the driver had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system while operating a motor vehicle, police allege.
Brandon Thomas Fisher, 23, of Highway 7, Omemee, was arrested and charged with operation while impaired – alcohol and operation while impaired – blood-alcohol concentration (80-plus).
He was issued an automatic 90-day driver’s licence suspension and a seven-day vehicle impoundment.
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Fisher was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court in Peterborough on March 17.
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