TRAFFIC STOP AT RIDE CHECK RESULTS IN IMPAIRED CHARGE
(NORTH HURON, ON) - Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Waubaushene, Ontario resident with a criminal driving offence following a traffic stop in the Township of North Huron on November 21, 2025.
Just after 11:00 pm on Friday, November 21, 2025, Huron County OPP officers were checking driver sobriety at a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) checkpoint and conducted a traffic stop on Amberley Road in North Huron. Police spoke to the vehicle driver and discovered that they had consumed alcohol prior to driving.
The driver was subsequently arrested for impaired operation and transported to the Huron OPP detachment in Clinton where they provided breath samples before a qualified OPP Intoxilyzer Breath Technician. Breath samples were provided to police which resulted in readings over the legal limit.
Eric BRINCAT, 40 years-of-age from Waubaushene, ON has been charged with:
- Operation while Impaired - Over 80
The involved vehicle was towed and impounded for 7 days, and the accused’s driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days.
The accused was processed and later released from custody with a court appearance scheduled at the Ontario Court of Justice - Goderich on December 29 2025.