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Tip leads to arrest of prohibited driver in Cobourg: police

A Cobourg, Ont., woman prohibited from driving was arrested on Wednesday for driving in the town. The Canadian Press file

A Cobourg, Ont., woman faces multiple driving charges following a traffic stop in Cobourg on Wednesday.

According to the Cobourg Police Service, officers responded to a tip that a suspended driver was driving a vehicle on D’Arcy Street in the town.

Officers located the suspect vehicle parked and unoccupied.

A short time later, officers saw the vehicle travelling southbound on Cottesmore Avenue and police conducted a traffic stop.

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Denise Palermo, 71, of Cobourg, was arrested and charged with operation while prohibited, operating a motor vehicle without insurance, driving a motor vehicle without validation on a licence plate, and failure to surrender a permit for a motor vehicle.

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She was released on an undertaking for a future court date.

The vehicle was towed and will be impounded for 45 days, police said Thursday.

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