Flurry Of Vernon Drunken Driving Incidents Keep Cops Busy

VERNON, CT — Vernon police had a succession of six drunken driving calls in high traffic and population areas heading into and during the Veterans Day weekend.

Police said the sequence was a "high volume" of drunken driving incidents and several occurred close to where the drivers lived.

Here is a summary:

1. On Sunday at 3:45 p.m., a 47-year-old Vernon man was charged with driving under the influence and a lane violation following a stop along the 100 block of West Street. The man lived abut 2 miles from the incident, according to a police report.
2. At 2:35 a.m. on Saturday, a 26-year-old female was pulled over at the driveway to her Hockanum Boulevard apartment complex and charged with a traffic control violation and driving under the influence.
3. On Friday, a 62-year-old Ellington Woman was pulled over and charged with driving under the influence near 695 Talcottville Road, 1.4 miles from her residence.
4. At 1:28 a.m. Friday, a car traveling in front of a Vernon police cruiser on Phoenix Street being driven by a 24-year-old Tolland man was pulled over after an officer saw it cross over the center line multiple times, according to an arrest report. The man then failed a sobriety test and was charged with driving under the influence and a lane violation.
5. At 10:09 p.m. Thursday, an officer witnessed a 28-year-old Vernon man speeding and swerving on Union Street and pulled his vehicle over. He was charged with DUI, traveling unreasonably fast and a lane violation. He lives less than a mile away on West Main Street, according an an arrest report.
6. At 5:03 p.m. Wednesday, police were called to the Reservoir Road McDonald's and they found a car being driven by a 49-year-old Middletown man teetering on the curb in the parking lot with the tires spinning, according to an arrest report. He was charged with drunken driving.