Crime & Safety
Cos Cob Man Charged with DUI After Going Through Drive Thru: PD
A concerned witness called police and gave them the vehicle's license plate identification.
GREENWICH, CT—A Cos Cob man was arrested by police after he was found to be operating a vehicle under the influence Nov. 23, according to police.
Police got a call from a witness and were told that a man passed through a drive thru and appeared intoxicated. The license plate was broadcast to patrol officers.
An officer spotted the vehicle on E. Putnam Avenue in the area of River Road Extension and noticed the vehicle was straddling the white dotted line, police said. The vehicle traveled another 100 yards after the officer activated emergency lights.
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Operator Rocco Decarlo, 59, appeared intoxicated and failed field sobriety tests, police said. He was charged with DUI and failure to drive in proper lane.
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