Wasted and wasting time

By Doug Page | Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 02:30 PM

Englewood police were called to a local eatery late one night on the report of a collision involving a suspected drunken driver. (Presumed innocent, of course, until the gentleman blew 0.395 on the breath test. In Ohio, 0.08 is considered drunk.)

Police arrived and spoke with the victim who said she was eating her meal when she saw a car attempt to park next to her vehicle. Instead, the driver attempted to park in her vehicle. The driver, after bashing the victim’s car, moved his car to the back lot, staggered into the restaurant, sat himself at the counter and asked for a meal.

The officer escorted the gentleman outside. When questioned, the gentleman appeared incoherent. (At five times the legal limit that comes as no big surprise.) The gentleman admitted to officers he’d over-served himself on beer and vodka.

When told he needed to take a field sobriety test, the gentleman responded, “You’re wasting your time.” When he failed the test, the gentleman responded, perhaps with a hint of self-satisfaction, “I told you that you were wasting your time. I’m drunk.”

At the police station, the gentleman agreed to a breath test, recording his breath-taking score.

While waiting for a ride to the county lockup, the gentleman “made continuous request that I provide him with beer, vodka and crack cocaine,” the officer reported. “The requests went unfulfilled.

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