A man from Tay Valley Township faces a long list of charges after a report of a suspected impaired driver in Centre Hastings.
On Thursday just after 7 p.m., officers with the Central Hastings OPP responded to a report of a possible impaired driver at a gas station on Highway 62.
The vehicle was located and stopped on Highway 7.
A roadside alcohol screening device was utilized, and the driver was arrested and transported to the detachment for further testing.
Thirty-six-year-old Benjamin Clarke of Tay Valley Township has been charged with the following:
- Operation while impaired – alcohol
- Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
- Driving with an open container of liquor
- Operation while prohibited – two counts
- Driving while under suspension
- Driving a vehicle with cannabis in open packing
- Driving a vehicle with no validated permit
- Failing to comply with a probation order – two counts
The accused was held in custody and is scheduled to appear for a bail hearing before the Ontario Court of Justice in Belleville on Friday, December 19, 2025.
The individual’s licence had previously been suspended indefinitely, and the vehicle was impounded for 45 days.
