Driving to
Endanger
A First Time ‘Drink Driver’
When one of your first statements to an
officer is that you are “drinking drive” instead of “drunk driving,” you’re
going to have a bad time. Police pulled over Warwick man who was allegedly
driving 105 mph on Route 37 in Cranston.
Though his speech was reportedly slurred and he was lethargic,
officers were able to decipher that the man was repeatedly apologizing and said
it was his first time “drinking drive.”
After blowing a .187 on a preliminary Breathalyzer, he was
brought to the police station in Cranston. En route, he continued his
apologies. His wife will also be happy to know that he professed his love for
her to the officers.
Wal-Mart Hit and Run
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We’re not sure if scooters fall under the purview of hit and
runs, but for the purposes of this story we’re going to allow it. This past
week at the North Kingstown Wal-Mart, two customers had a unique interaction
while waiting in line. The “victim” (we’ll use that term loosely) told police
that she was run over by an
elderly woman in a scooter who was waiting behind her.
The scooter driver “bolted” before rescue crews came to treat
the “victim,” who became wedged underneath the scooter and a merchandise rack.
According to an employee who saw the alleged assault, it appeared that the
victim stepped backward into the path of the scooter and that the entire situation
seemed accidental.
Road Rage Driver Flashes BB Gun On the Road
In the words of Ron Burgundy: That escalated quickly. What
started as a simple case of one car
almost hitting another turned into a slew of charges for the road rage driver. A
fellow driver told police that the 43-year-old man was swerving and almost hit
the car he, his girlfriend and kids were driving in, prompting the driver to
beep his horn to get his attention.
The other driver continued to drive erratically and, when the
two cars pulled up to a traffic light, the girlfriend allegedly noticed that
the other driver was waving a loaded BB gun at them. Then, he got out of the
car, slammed the gun down on the front of the other man’s car before pointing
it at him.
The family called police who tracked down the driver and
discovered that not only did the road rage driver have a suspended license, but
he also allegedly had $80 worth of cocaine on him – leading to four charges in
total from the incident.