Driver With 7 License Suspensions Charged With Drunk Driving

TROY, MI — A driver with a license suspended seven times was arrested by Troy Police for drunk driving in the parking lot of a W. Big Beaver Road restaurant on Nov. 25. Officers received a report that the driver of a black 2004 Chevrolet Impala had struck the median wall of southbound I-75 near Crooks Road at about 5:20 a.m., reports said.

Troy officers located the vehicle at a Jersey Mike’s parking lot. Police found the driver sprawled in the front seat and confirmed with him that he had just exited the freeway.

The driver, a 35-year-old Detroit man, asked officers if they were there to change his tire, reports said. After noticing the smell of alcohol on the man’s breath, officers asked him to perform several field sobriety tests. Reports said he did poorly on the tests.

The Detroit man then refused to submit to a preliminary breath test and was arrested. He was then taken to the Troy Police Department’s jail and his blood drawn after a search warrant was obtained from a court magistrate.

After a check of the Detroit man’s driving license, officers found that it had been suspended seven times by the Michigan Secretary of State. He was charged with failing to report a property damage accident, driving while license suspended, preliminary breath test refusal, and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol pending laboratory results.

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