Frontenac OPP lay two impaired driving charges over long weekend

Over the Family Day long weekend Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) laid multiple charges including impaired driving.

Shortly before 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, officers from Frontenac OPP responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Keeley Road.  

As a result of the investigation, the officer determined the situation was a family dispute. According to a report from OPP, dated Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, the driver took the vehicle without the owner’s consent.

Matthew Roy, a 33-year-old from South Frontenac Township Ontario, was charged with:

• Assault,
• Take motor vehicle without consent,
• Failure to comply with release order,
• Failure to comply with probation order,
• Operate motor vehicle while impaired,
• Operate motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration over 80 milligrams, and
• Drive while under suspension.

Roy was held for a bail hearing.

The next day, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, shortly before noon, Frontenac OPP officers responded to a traffic complaint involving a motor vehicle taken without consent, according to the same OPP report.

As a result of the investigation, Martin Stover, a 59-year-old from Central Frontenac Township Ontario, was charged with:

• Take motor vehicle without consent,
• Operate motor vehicle while impaired,
• Operate motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration over 80 milligrams, and
• Drive while under suspension.

Stover was released on an undertaking to attend the Ontario Court of Justice in Kingston at a later date.