{"id":61807,"date":"2026-01-22T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=61807"},"modified":"2026-01-22T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:30:00","slug":"four-arrested-in-hrm-by-rcmp-for-impaired-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=61807","title":{"rendered":"Four arrested in HRM by RCMP for impaired driving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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HRM:<\/strong> Four men, including one from Waverley, were arrested over a few days by Halifax RCMP for impaired driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 19, at approximately 5:50 p.m., RCMP officers responded to a report of a man passed out in a van in the 1400 block of Fall River Rd.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Upon arrival, officers located the man with open alcohol in the vehicle and exhibiting signs of impairment,” a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The man, 80, from Waverley, was arrested and transported to the Lower Sackville RCMP Detachment where he provided two samples of his breath; they registered at: 120 and 130 mg%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The man was released pending future court appearances in Dartmouth Provincial Court for Impaired Operation of a Conveyance and Impaired Operation of a Conveyance over 80 mg%.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On January 17, at approximately 8 p.m., RCMP officers, EHS and fire services responded to a report of an injured man after he rolled his tractor on a property in the 700 block of Dufferin Mines Rd. in Dufferin Mines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon arrival, officers located the man with non-life-threatening injuries.\u00a0 He was showing signs of alcohol impairment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The man, a 56-year-old from Dufferin Mines, provided a roadside breath sample which resulted in a fail,” said a spokesperson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The officer issued a blood demand to the man before he was transported to hospital by EHS.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The man was later released from hospital.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police said that the investigation is ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 20, at approximately 8:30 p.m., RCMP officers, EHS and fire services responded to a report of a vehicle that had gone over a guardrail on Hwy. 7 in Westphal.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon arrival, officers located a Toyota CH-R upside down in the ditch.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The driver, a 24-year-old man from Eastern Passage, was being assisted by fire services and EHS.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Officers observed signs of alcohol impairment before he was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.,” said the spokesperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the hospital, the man was arrested for impaired driving and a blood demand was made.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On January 20, at approximately 9 p.m., RCMP officers responded to a report of a verbal dispute at a home on Cox Lane Rd. in Hammonds Plains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Officers attended the residence and spoke to the occupants, who advised the complainant was out on his ATV and had been drinking,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officers then observed an ATV drive-by, make a U-turn in the middle of the road, and speed past without stopping as directed.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patrols for the ATV were unsuccessful.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 9:44 p.m., officers returned to the residence and spoke with the ATV driver. Officers observed signs of alcohol impairment and located the ATV involved in the earlier incident.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A breath demand was issued, but the 31-year-old man from Hammonds Plains failed to provide a sufficient sample.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was arrested for refusing to provide a breath sample and transported to the Tantallon RCMP Detachment.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The man was later released pending future court appearances in Halifax Provincial Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

To report a suspected impaired driver, call 911.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

File #: 26-9411, 26-10439, 26-11137, 26-11148<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HRM: Four men, including one from Waverley, were arrested over a few days by Halifax RCMP for impaired driving. On January 19, at approximately 5:50 p.m., RCMP officers responded to a report of a man passed out in a van in the 1400 block of Fall River Rd.\u00a0 “Upon arrival, officers located the man with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[10148,2513,50,80,52,13,14,16],"class_list":["post-61807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-dufferin-mines","tag-eastern-passage","tag-halifax","tag-hammonds-plains","tag-impaired-driving","tag-lower-sackville","tag-rcmp","tag-waverley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61807","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=61807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}