Vernon Cops Find Car Littered With Nip Bottles During DUI Stop

VERNON, CT — Vernon police last week encountered a vehicle littered with empty nip alcohol bottles during a drunken driving stop, an arrest report indicates.

The incident took place at 9:35 p.m. on Oct, 17.

According to an arrest report, an officer on routine patrol at 9:35 that night spotted a brown Ford Fusion commit "several moving violations" on Talcottville Road near the Loveland Hill Road intersection.

As an officer approached the Ford, the driver, a 33-year-old Vernon man, smelled of alcohol and "numerous" empty Smirnoff nip bottles were on his lap, according to an arrest report.

More nip bottles had been tossed onto the passenger seat, according to an arrest report.

The driver failed field sobriety tests and then refused to take a breath test, according to an arrest report.

The driver was subsequently charged with driving under the influence, failure to maintain the proper lane and failure to use a turn signal, according to an arrest report.