Lanark Highlands resident charged with impaired driving on Highway 7

A Lanark Highlands Township resident has been charged with impaired driving following a traffic stop in Mississippi Mills.

Lanark County OPP say officers stopped a vehicle on Highway 7 just after 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 14. The driver was arrested and taken to the Carleton Place detachment for testing.

As a result, 20-year-old Cameron Carlisle has been charged with:

• Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
• Speeding 1–49 km/h over the limit
• Novice driver – B.A.C. above zero
• Young driver – B.A.C. above zero
• Driving with an open container of liquor

Charges have not been proven in court.

Carlisle was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Perth on Nov. 9.

The driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days, and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.