Vernon Police: Passing Motorist Catches Suspected Drunken Driver With His Pants Down ​

VERNON, CT — A passing motorist caught a suspected drunken driver with his pants down over the weekend, Vernon police said.

Dispatchers received a call at 8:30 a.m. Saturday indicating that a man had parked his sport utility vehicle in the middle of the 500 block of Bolton Road and was standing outside it with his pants down, according to an arrest report.

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When police arrived, the man was back inside the SUV, but sleeping in the driver's seat, according to an arrest report.

The vehicle was stopped diagonally across the road, blocking both lanes and running, police said. An approaching officer must have startled the man, because the car suddenly went into reverse and crashed into an embankment, according to an arrest report.

The man, Dedrick Edwin Herndon, 35, of Watervliet, NY, refused to take a standardized field sobriety test, but was arrested for driving under the influence because of his actions, police said.