<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=288482159799297&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">

Web Notifications

SaltWire.com would like to send you notifications for breaking news alerts.

Activate notifications?

Saltwire Logo

Welcome to SaltWire

Register today and start
enjoying 30 days of unlimited content.

Get started! Register now

Already a member? Sign in

Repeat drunk driver jailed

['Charlottetown provincial court.']
['Charlottetown provincial court.']

STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOS

After the wildfires — lessons on being prepared | SaltWire #wildfire #novascotia #thinkingoutoud

Watch on YouTube: "After the wildfires — lessons on being prepared | SaltWire #wildfire #novascotia #thinkingoutoud"

A P.E.I. woman who cut off a police vehicle while she was driving drunk was sentenced Thursday to 60 days in jail.

Sarah Lynn Bernard, 30, appeared before Judge John Douglas in provincial court in Charlottetown where she pleaded guilty to failing the breathalyzer.

The court heard that on Feb. 25, Bernard cut off a police officer who was on patrol.

When the police pulled her over, Bernard said she hadn’t been drinking.

She later provided breathalyzer samples that were more than 1.5 times the legal limit.

It was Bernard’s third drunk driving conviction.

Bernard told the court she realized there was no excuse for what she did.

Along with the jail time, Douglas fined Bernard $1,500 and ordered her to pay a $500 victim surcharge.

She is banned from driving for two years.

Bernard will serve the sentence concurrent to time she is already spending in custody on an unrelated matter.

In May, Chief Judge Nancy Orr sentenced Bernard to 4.5 months in jail for several charges after she was found guilty of pulling a pellet gun on a teenager who thought it was a real handgun.

Twitter.com/ryanrross

It has been our privilege to have the trust and support of our East Coast communities for the last 200 years. Our SaltWire team is always watching out for the place we call home. Our 100 journalists strive to inform and improve our East Coast communities by delivering impartial, high-impact, local journalism that provokes thought and action. Please consider joining us in this mission by becoming a member of the SaltWire Network and helping to make our communities better.
Share story:
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

Local, trusted news matters now more than ever.
And so does your support.

Ensure local journalism stays in your community by purchasing a membership today.

The news and opinions you’ll love starting as low as $1.

Start your Membership Now