Denial is not just a river in Egypt

By Doug Page | Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 03:53 PM

Clayton police described the man as heavyset, slow of speech and profane of manner.

Witnesses describe him as one who could not keep his maroon Pontiac on the road.

Police responded late on a Saturday evening, April 11, to reports of a man driving erratically. Witnesses who followed the weaving path of his vehicle described how he hit a ditch, over-corrected and took out a mailbox on the other side of the street.

When an officer approach the Pontiac he saw front-end damage and a broken windshield, apparently from the mailbox. The driver was covered in broken glass. Even before reaching the driver, the officer reported the odor of alcohol.

When asked what happen, the uninjured driver claimed he had no idea. Then denied hitting the mailbox. Questioned about the shards of windshield glass littering his pants and shirt, the man responded he didn’t see any glass and the officer didn’t know what he was talking about, according to the police report.

The report goes on to describe in detail the man’s inability to follow directions for a field sobriety test, his need for support to remain standing and his admission he’d had “a couple drinks.”

Taken to the police station, he refused to take a breath test. The report said the man asked to use the bathroom, but had great difficulty hitting his target. Police cited him for operating a vehicle under the influence and failure to control. When the man was unable to contact anyone to come and pick him up, police gave him a ride to the county lockup.

No word on the fate of the mailbox.

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