A 64 year-old tugboat operator faced two quite different charges in Tofino court March 1 and pled guilty to both. Edward W. Hudson was charged with impaired driving of a motor vessel and also with communication with a person for the purposes of soliciting prostitution.
Crown attorney David Kidd said the impaired charges stemmed from an incident May 15, 2009, when Hudson was hired by a group of three people to take them to Hot Springs Cove aboard his vessel, the Go Getter.
Ahousaht RCMP and the Tofino Coast Guard eventually engaged in a rescue after one of the motors and the navigational equipment on the boat malfunctioned. When rescuers found the vessel and finally succeeded in boarding it, Hudson, who was intoxicated, became aggressive. Hudson continued to be “vulgar” with police when they returned him to the Tofino detachment. Tests showed Hudson had a blood alcohol level of 140 mgs.
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