Chatham-Kent police and OPP set up a RIDE program in the area of Erieau.
Numerous vehicles were stopped, police said. Several charges under the Highway Traffic Act and Liquor License and Control Act were issued. There were 17 provincial offences, seven summonses, two breath demands and one vehicle was towed.
Police will be conducting RIDE programs across Chatham-Kent as the summer approaches and remind drivers to make alternate arrangements if they’ve been drinking.
Impaired charges in Wallaceburg
A vehicle was reportedly driving erratically in the area of McNaughton Avenue in Wallaceburg.
A citizen called 911 and provided the information of the vehicle, police said. The vehicle was located in a parking lot of a local business.
The driver was charged with operation while impaired and having over the legal blood-alcohol limit, and was later released with a court date.
Uttering threats
On Pine Street, in Chatham, a man allegedly made threats to a resident in their building heard by other tenants, police said.
The man was located and arrested. He was charged with uttering threats and released with a short date.