By: Nick Liard

West Parry Sound OPP received reports of a vehicle heading south after a disturbance in a Sudbury home on Christmas Eve.

OPP got the call around 3 am and located the vehicle on the shoulder of Highway 69 at 5 am in Wallbridge Township.

When the officer placed the female driver under arrest for consuming alcohol, the male passenger got out of the vehicle and assaulted the officer and then got back in the car to try and get away.

The male eventually was arrested but then began to spit at the officers.

The female driver 25-year old Marley Liscombe of Essa Township was given six charges and 30 year old Marc Beniot also of Essa Township was given five charges including assault of a peace officer.

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