The Orange County Criminal Lawyer Blog
A Southern California man was arrested after he called 911 several times, and the responding officers reportedly found him intoxicated and sitting in the driver’s seat of his vehicle.
Early in the morning on October 19, a man in San Marino was sitting in his car when he made a series of calls to 911. The dispatcher believed he sounded upset, and officers from the San Marino Police Department worked on finding him to see what was going on. The man had called four times before they came across his vehicle, and when the officers first spotted him, they reported that he seemed disturbed and stressed out. He was also sitting behind the wheel.
According to reports, when the officers began interacting with him, he told them he was sick and needed assistance, and they called San Marino Fire Department paramedics to the scene, and the police reported that the man smelled strongly of spirits and displayed several indicators of intoxication. While peering at the inside of the car, the officers reportedly saw an open bottle of what appeared to be alcohol. They asked the man to take roadside sobriety tests, and he reportedly consented. When he failed to complete the exercises to the satisfaction of the officers, they determined that he was drunk.
The medics arrived and administered a preliminary check on the man, but he did not want to go to the hospital for more extensive treatment.
The suspect was taken into custody and booked into the Pasadena City Jail before being transferred to the L.A. County Inmate Reception Center. He is facing preliminary charges of driving under the influence, resisting arrest, and battery on a police officer.
If you or someone you love is suspected of a DUI offense, contact Orange County criminal defense lawyer Staycie R. Sena at (949) 477-8088 for a consultation now.