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Former area mayor charged with impaired driving

A former Kenora mayor is facing impaired driving charges. According to officials from the Kenora detachment of the OPP, 74-year-old Len Compton was stopped at 2 a.m. Thursday after officers saw a vehicle being driven in a suspicious manner.
A former Kenora mayor is facing impaired driving charges. 

According to officials from the Kenora detachment of the OPP, 74-year-old Len Compton was stopped at 2 a.m. Thursday after officers saw a vehicle being driven in a suspicious manner.

Police officers say Compton was arrested following a roadside breath test. 

He's been charged with operating a vehicle with more than 80 milligrams of alcohol in his blood. 

Compton served as Kenora’s mayor from 2006 until 2010. He chose not to run for re-election.

The former mayor is now scheduled to appear in court in Kenora on May 2.
 




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