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Oro-Medonte driver registers three times the legal limit: OPP

OPP received a tip about possible impaired driver in downtown area and were able to arrest the woman soon after on Highway 12
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A tip from the public helped the Orillia OPP nab a driver who they say registered three times the legal limit of blood alcohol level.

According to a media release, the OPP were alerted Thursday night at about 10:40 p.m. about a possible impaired driver on Coldwater Road, near Peter Street.

"Officers from the Orillia detachment of the OPP were alerted by a member of the public of a possible intoxicated person leaving a local restaurant in a motor vehicle," noted the release.

"Officers quickly began patrols in the area and located the vehicle shortly after on Highway 12."

As a result, Shelby Johnston, 30, from Oro-Medonte, was charged with operation while impaired by alcohol and operation while impaired (80 plus)