Fun with booze: If only you could remember

By Doug Page | Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 12:13 PM

It was shortly after 1 a.m. when Englewood police were called to a local watering hole on a report of a fight.

When cops arrived, three men had fled out the back door. The bartender said the three had pummeled and kicked one of the bar’s regular customers. The bartender told cops the three men were drunk.

A short time later, an officer saw two men in a nearby parked car, which took off as he approached. Other officers stopped the car. It appeared that both the driver and the passenger were drunk. Both were blood-stained.

The driver offered several times to fight one of the officers and dropped f-bombs when asked if he would take a blood test. The driver was arrested for driving under the influence and disorderly conduct. He was taken to a local hospital complaining of pains in his arm and hand.

Checking the ID of the passenger, police found he was wanted on a Miami County warrant. He was detained on the warrant and additionally charged with disorderly conduct.

Meanwhile, back at the bar, the bartender told police the regular was having a conversation with another patron when a man — later identified as the car’s driver — crossed the room and belted the regular in the face. The driver’s two buddies then joined in, kicking and punching the regular. The bartender said the regular had done nothing to provoke the three.

The regular told police he wanted to press charges.

An officer returned to the hospital to serve an assault citation to the driver. The driver said he didn’t hit anybody but, according to the officer’s report, he “seemed to have trouble recalling what happened.”

Police are still looking for the third suspect.

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