Benjamin LEE – Drunk Driving

Source: OPP
Date: Thu Feb 6 07:28:36 MST 2025

(WHITEWATER REGION TWP, ON) – An American motorist is facing Criminal Code (CC) charges after a driving complaint in the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment area.

On the afternoon of February 3, 2025, at approximately 2:30 p.m., the UOV OPP began investigating after a possible impaired driver was reported on Highway 17 in Whitewater Region Township. Police located the vehicle a short time later and conducted a traffic stop as it turned onto Murphy Road. The driver was arrested at the scene and transported to the detachment for testing. Test results were more than three times the legal blood alcohol limit.

As a result of this incident 43-year-old Benjamin LEE of Chesapeake, VA, USA, has been charged with the following CC offences:

Operation while impaired – alcohol
Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration 80mg plus
The accused had a driver’s licence suspension registered for 90 days and their vehicle was towed and impounded for seven days. The accused was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke on February 25, 2025.