Troy Drunken Driver Arrested After Urinating At Gas Pump: Police

TROY, MI — A suspected drunken driver was arrested after officers caught him urinating in a Troy gas station parking lot on Saturday, police said.

Officers saw the 28-year-old Troy man driving erratically in a 2008 Honda Odyssey on Interstate 75 near Big Beaver Road at 12:54 a.m., police said.

Officers also saw the driver flashing the Odyssey's bright lights and cutting off other drivers before pulling into a BP gas station at Big Beaver and Crooks, police said.

Once the driver got out of the Odyssey, officers noticed he was "unsteady on his feet" as he urinated on the ground near the gas pumps, police said.

Once the man got back into the Odyssey and drove away from the gas station, officers pulled him over, police said.

Officers immediately smelled alcohol coming from the Odyssey and saw multiple half-empty and empty beer bottles inside the minivan, police said.

Due to a language barrier, officers did not conduct field sobriety tests and placed him in the Troy Police Lock-Up, where he was given an interpreter, police said.

The man, whose name hasn’t been released, eventually submitted to a blood test, which will be forwarded to the detective bureau for proper warrants once the blood results are returned, police said.