Community Corner
Dumb Criminal: When Woman Abandons Drunk Driver, Police Arrive
A woman got out of a car driven by her boyfriend who she thought was too intoxicated to drive. The scene attracted the attention of police, and it turns out she was right.
Steve Klehr was on patrol late one night recently when he came across a woman walking down the road with her boyfriend driving his car slowly next to her, apparently trying to get her back in the car with him. Sergeant Klehr stopped the vehicle to investigate and found the boyfriend appeared to be under the influence.
A subsequent portable breath test confirmed Sergeant Klehr’s observations and indicated that the driver was over twice the legal limit. The driver was arrested for DUI. Sergeant Klehr learned that the woman had originally gotten out of the car and was walking along the roadway because she believed that her boyfriend had too much to drink and was driving while intoxicated. She was right.
