OPP charge 19-year-old from Lanark Highlands with impaired driving following early-morning complaint

A Lanark Highlands teenager is facing impaired driving charges after police were called to a suspicious vehicle early Friday morning.

Lanark County OPP responded to a complaint about a vehicle that was parked and running on Maberly Elphin Road shortly after 2 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 12.

Officers arrested the driver and transported them to the OPP detachment in Perth for testing.

As a result of the investigation, Quinn Sweeney, 19, of Lanark Highlands Township, was charged with operation while impaired by alcohol and operation while impaired with a blood alcohol concentration over 80 milligrams. Charges have not been proven in court.

Sweeney was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Perth on Jan. 12, 2026.

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