Drunken Driver Booze Cruises With Juveniles, Police Say

A 19-year-old man who was reportedly driving juveniles around in his vehicle and simultaneously drinking alcohol was recently taken into custody.

Police said they pulled over Kyle D. Vigil, 19, of the 17300 block of Harlem Avenue, around 1:40 a.m. Friday, July 20, near the intersection of 67th Court and 172nd Street in . He failed to stop at a stop sign, they said, and didn't have a rear registration plate light. When officers were stopping him, he drove into the curb with his front and rear passenger side tires, according to the report. 

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Police said Vigil's eyes were bloodshot and watery and that he smelled like alcohol. His pupils were very large, according to the report, leading officers to believe he may have consumed more than just alcohol. Two juveniles were in the car with him, police said.

Police said that while searching the car, they found five unopened cans of Miller Lite beer, three opened cans of Miller Lite and one 24-ounce can of Miller High Life that hadn't been opened. Several beers were also found in one of the juveniles' purses, police said.  

Vigil reportedly failed field sobriety tests and was taken to the . The juveniles were also arrested. 

One juvenile was charged with underage possession of alcohol and a curfew violation while the other was charged with underage consumption of alcohol. Their parents picked them up from the station, according to the report. Their names were not released because they are younger than 17 years old.

Vigil blew a .076 on the Breathalyzer test and then was taken to Advocate South Suburban Hospital to provide a blood and urine sample, police said. They believed it would show the presence of drugs in his system, they said. Vigil cooperated, despite constantly falling asleep and acting disoriented, according to the report.  

"I had to continue to wake him up in order to complete my paperwork," an officer wrote in the report. "Kyle made the following statement verbatim, 'I took one Xanax not too long before you pulled me over.'"

He also said he was drinking UV Cherry vodka in Blue Island with his friends, according to police. 

He was charged with driving a vehicle without a rear registration plate light, disobeying a stop sign, driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the combined influence of alcohol, drugs and/or intoxicating compounds and illegal transportation of alcohol. 

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