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The Princess and her court
Princess of the Huron County Plowing Match Maranda Klaver, front, was flanked by her
competitors and the previous princess in front of a tractor at the Huron County Plowing Match.
Shown are, back row, from left; Sarah Alton, Alison Terpstra, former reigning Princess Lexi
Smith, MacKenzie McGavin, Irelyn St. Onge and Emily Mitchell. (Denny Scott photo)
Justin Field of Clinton was found
guilty of operating a motor vehicle
while disqualified by Judge R.G.E.
Hunter in Wingham court on Aug.
22.
Field pled not guilty to the charge
and proceeded to a trial, insisting
that he had not been behind the
wheel on Sept. 12, 2011.
Wingham Police officer Wade
Smith testified at the trial, saying
that he observed a pickup truck
coming out of a seldom-used
laneway just south of Wingham
where mischief often occurred and
became suspicious.
Smith said he began pursuing the
truck, not activating his emergency
lights, and the vehicle began to
speed up. Smith said it was obvious
to him that the driver of the vehicle
was attempted to avoid contact with
the police.
The truck then turned right onto
Amberley Road and made a quick
left turn into the Tim Hortons
parking lot. Smith said he continued
to drive his marked cruiser north on
Hwy. 4, entering the parking lot
from the Hwy. 4 entrance and
cutting the vehicle off.
Upon parking and getting out of
his cruiser, Smith said he observed a
female and male get out of the car;
the male looked to be getting out of
the driver’s side, he said.
Smith said the male identified
himself as Todd Logan by way of a
Health Card and the female
identified herself as Vicky Reilly,
also by way of a Health Card.
Smith said he began talking to
both of the occupants when a third
party came from the Tim Hortons
and joined into the discussion.
At the time, Smith said, he was
simply asking the occupants for
identification, and that no one had
done anything wrong. However,
once the third person joined the
conversation, Smith checked into
the driver’s licence of Justin Field
and found him to be disqualified
from driving.
Smith said Field admitted to
driving the car, which at the time,
didn’t raise any red flags with him,
as he did not know him to be a
disqualified driver.
Smith said all three had “lengthy”
criminal records after investigating
them further.
On the witness stand, however,
Field testified he was not driving the
car, saying that it was Logan who
had been driving.
Field said his response to Smith
when he was asked if he was driving
was “what if I was driving?”
Field said the group was out
dropping off Logan’s son to the
son’s mother’s boyfriend’s house
when they were pulled over at
approximately 1:20 a.m.
When questioned by Crown
Attorney Laura Grant, Logan said he
wouldn’t confirm or deny that he
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