Drunk driver smashed into downtown home
Ryan Leroy Fowler, 31, of Fredericton, ordered to get treatment for alcohol addiction
A Fredericton-area man showing clear signs of impairment refused to provide breath samples after he drove into a downtown home last summer, causing thousands in damage, court heard this week.
Ryan Leroy Fowler, 31, pleaded guilty Monday in Fredericton provincial court to a charge of refusing a breath demand.
Crown prosecutor Daniel Standing said police were dispatched to Aberdeen Street in Fredericton on Aug. 19 after receiving a report of a single-vehicle accident.
Upon arrival, he said, officers found that a vehicle had gone off the street and struck a home. The airbags in the car were deployed, court heard, and the driver - identified as Fowler - was sitting on a sidewalk.