Parking Lot Crash Leads To Arrest In Fairfax

FAIRFAX, VA — Here's a word to the wise. If you crash your vehicle in the middle of the night and you've been drinking, don't get back in the vehicle and begin driving again. For one thing, a heavily damaged vehicle almost certainly will draw attention from police. For another thing, well, you've been drinking.

But that's what happened Tuesday night in the area of Fairfax Boulevard and Draper Drive, according to Fairfax Police. Shortly before 3 a.m., police pulled over a heavily damaged vehicle. And yep, the driver was intoxicated. Douglas Danilo Martinez Constante, 43, of the 10300 block of Layton Hall Drive, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and issued a citation for defective equipment. Only later was it found that he had been been involved in a crash in the parking lot of Circle Towers in Fairfax County.

(For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts. Also, like us on Facebook, and if you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Also in Wednesday's Fairfax crime report:

Incident / Case #…

Larceny
17-09643
10911 Main Street / 7-Eleven – On June 22 at 1:30 PM the victim reported that on June 18 unknown person(s) had used his identifying account information to make withdrawals from two different accounts at an ATM located at the business.

Vandalism
17-09702
10300 Eaton Place – On June 23 at 11:21 AM a contractor reported that unknown person(s) had spray painted graffiti on the walls and floor of a basement that is under construction.

Image via Shutterstock