Tony Briscoe
The Detroit News
A couple of alleged drunken drivers with wobbly legs and combative behavior made last week a bit more interesting for some Troy police.
Police say officers stopped a vehicle seen speeding and weaving between lanes at 12:52 a.m. Thursday near 14 Mile and Interstate 75. While talking with the officer, the 24-year-old Hazel Park driver, who smelled of booze, reached for a ¾ empty bottle of Southern Comfort and proceeded to wet his whistle one more time before his arrest, police said.
The last swig may have been too much as the driver couldn’t stand on his own while trying to take sobriety tests, police said.
He was arrested for operating while intoxicated and open alcohol in a motor vehicle. Police are awaiting blood alcohol content results from blood drawn after his arrest.
Twenty-four hours later and a little more than two miles away, officers observed a vehicle swerving and nearly strike the curb at Maple Road and Dequindre.
Behind the wheel, officers said they found a 28-year-old Sterling Heights man with slurred speech, bloodshot eyes and a temper. He admitted to drinking, they said, and failed field sobriety tests.
When asked to take a Breathalyzer, the man allegedly slapped an officer in the face.
He was arrested for assault and battery and operating while intoxicated. His blood alcohol content results are pending blood testing as well.
From The Detroit News
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