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[name redacted] is charged with one count of impaired driving in the Dunrobin area on May 1, 2005.
After smoking "a couple of joints" of marijuana, [name redacted] allegedly drove around the rural area west of Ottawa late at night.
He attracted the attention of police after stopping at a number of homes to ask for help and a glass of water.
"My thoughts were that maybe there had been an accident," testified area resident James Recoski. While [name redacted] was at the door, Recoski's dog Guss -- a retired customs drug sniffer -- was barking furiously.
"His ( [name redacted]'s ) hair was wet, but it hadn't been raining that night," Recoski said, adding the 6-foot, 210-lb. man was swaying from side to side, and hesitated when he spoke.
Recoski said the midnight visitor wanted to phone his brother, but the number turned out to be long distance.
His wife yelled to shut the door and wanted him to call the police, he said. Two to three minutes after calling 911, police arrived.
Const. Michael O'Reilly, the officer who responded to the call, testified he suspected something was wrong with [name redacted] when he approached the car the man was in.
"His speech was slurred and he wasn't enunciating properly," he said. "His eyes were glazed and he had a far-away stare, looking into the distance. He also appeared distracted and was moving his head constantly."
After [name redacted] admitted to O'Reilly that he had smoked a "couple of joints," O'Reilly testified, the officer decided that [name redacted] was "wasted" and shouldn't be driving and placed him under arrest.
The trial resumes March 27.
Pubdate: Sat, 18 Mar 2006
Source: Ottawa Sun (CN ON)
Copyright: 2006 Canoe Limited Partnership
Contact: oped@ott.sunpub.com
Website: Ottawa Sun
