Man Found Passed Out in Car, Parked on Pathway

A boy walking to school spotted a car parked on the path between Waverley and Whites avenues, with the driver passed out at the wheel at 7:04 a.m. on Dec. 19.

When police arrived at the Whites Avenue side of Linear Park near the Boys and Girls Club, they woke the driver, identified as Edwin Flores, 30, of Chelsea, said Watertown Police Sgt. Thomas Grady.

“He was parked half on the grass half on the pathway,” Grady said. “When they spoke to him they detected a strong odor of alcohol and he appeared confused.”

Officers also discovered Flores did not have a valid driver’s license, Grady said.

Inside the car, they found a half-full 16-ounce can of Budweiser, Grady said. Police gave Flores field sobriety tests, which he failed.

Flores, of 102 Essex St. in Chelsea, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, unlicensed driving and possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle, Grady said.