New Brunswick

Impaired driving trial for Moncton RCMP officer delayed

A trial date has been set for a Moncton RCMP officer on impaired driving charges. Sgt. Ronald Cleveland is charged with operating a vehicle with a blood-alcohol level over the legal limit and operating a motor vehicle while impaired.

RCMP Sgt. Ron Cleveland is scheduled for one-day trial in April 2016

Former Mountie Ronald Cleveland will hear on September 13, if his trail for impaired driving will proceed. (CBC)

A trial date for a Moncton RCMP officer on impaired driving charges has been moved to next year.

Moncton Mountie to stand trial on impaired driving charge

Sgt. Ronald Cleveland is charged with operating a vehicle with a blood-alcohol level over the legal limit and operating a motor vehicle while impaired.

The one-day trial was scheduled for Tuesday, but has been moved to April 28, 2016 at the request of the defense lawyer Wendell Maxwell.

The charges relate to an incident in Dieppe on March 21, 2014. The charges were laid in May 2014.