{"id":145593,"date":"2023-10-25T08:36:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=145593"},"modified":"2023-10-25T08:36:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:36:29","slug":"business-owner-alerts-police-about-impaired-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/business-owner-alerts-police-about-impaired-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"Business owner alerts police about impaired driver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Huntsville man was in court recently to plead guilty to driving with more than the legal limit of alcohol in his system.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Simpson, 54, pleaded guilty in an incident which occurred on Aug. 29, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Court heard that on that day police received a call regarding a possible impaired driver in Utterson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The caller said Simpson had attended their business but nearly missed the driveway while pulling in. Simpson then fell twice while attempting to get from his car to the business. The owner had to explain three times that the business was actually closed before Simpson left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was found a short time later by police and a breathalyzer revealed he had 150 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood in his system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was agreed that he would be sentenced at a later date.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Huntsville man was in court recently to plead guilty to driving with more than the legal limit of alcohol in his system. 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