{"id":59836,"date":"2025-10-28T09:59:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=59836"},"modified":"2025-10-28T09:59:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:59:40","slug":"lantz-man-charged-with-impaired-driving-attempting-to-bribe-of-officer-after-mvc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=59836","title":{"rendered":"Lantz man charged with impaired driving, attempting to bribe officer after MVC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
[metaslider id=”56506″]<\/div>\n\n\n\n

LOWER SACKVILLE:<\/strong> A single-vehicle collision on Hwy 102 in Lower Sackville has led an 18-year-old Lantz man to be charged with impaired driving and alleged bribery of officers among multiple charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RCMP say they responded to a single-vehicle collision on Hwy 102 near the Bedford exit on Oct. 21 at approximately 5:38 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officers located a Volkswagen Golf with front end damage parked on the side of the highway.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The driver, and lone occupant, was standing beside the vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[metaslider id=”56376″]<\/div>\n\n\n\n

While gathering information about the crash, the officer observed signs of impairment.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The officer demanded the driver provide a roadside breath sample to which he refused and then tried to give the officer money to leave.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cooper Patrick Henson, 18, of Lantz, was arrested for refusing to comply with a breath screening demand and was transported to Lower Sackville RCMP Detachment.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the booking process, Henson was combative with the arresting officer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[metaslider id=”56509″]<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Henson is facing charges of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  • Operating While Impaired<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Refusal to Comply with Breath Screening Demand<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Bribery of Officers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Resisting Peace Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Fail to Comply with Undertaking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    He was held for court on October 21 and was released on conditions.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Henson is scheduled to appear in Shubenacadie Provincial Court at a later date.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Drivers who use drugs or alcohol risk their lives and the lives of everyone else on the road.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you believe someone is driving impaired or is otherwise an immediate threat to public safety, call 911.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    File #: 25-152454<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    [metaslider id=”56514″]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    LOWER SACKVILLE: A single-vehicle collision on Hwy 102 in Lower Sackville has led an 18-year-old Lantz man to be charged with impaired driving and alleged bribery of officers among multiple charges. RCMP say they responded to a single-vehicle collision on Hwy 102 near the Bedford exit on Oct. 21 at approximately 5:38 a.m. Officers located […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,12],"tags":[528,9578,62,52,595,13,14],"class_list":["post-59836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-featured","tag-bedford","tag-bribery-of-officers","tag-hwy-102","tag-impaired-driving","tag-lantz","tag-lower-sackville","tag-rcmp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}