Crazy Driving Gets Man Arrested In Solon

SOLON, OH — One way to draw the attention of a police officer is to park against the flow of traffic on the street. Another is to pull into a driveway, turn around and then immediately pull into another driveway and turn around again. A 38-year-old Garfield Heights man did all of the above before he was arrested for driving impaired last month.

Police saw a car parked the wrong way on Sunnywood Drive at about 11:30 p.m. on April 24. When the officer turned around to investigate the vehicle, the car started to pull away. The cop watched as the vehicle pulled into a driveway, turned around, and then proceeded to another driveway and turned around again.

To the surprise of no one, the officer decided to initiate a traffic stop. The 38-year-old driver had a suspended license and there were also signs that he was impaired. The officer decided to arrest the man.

Once he was at Solon Jail, the 38-year-old refused to take a breath test. When police searched his car they found marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

The 38-year-old is being charged with operating a vehicle impaired, driving under suspension, not wearing a seat belt, drug abuse and having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle. The passenger in the car, a 32-year-old Clevelander, was given a misdemeanor citation for possession of paraphernalia.

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