Crime & Safety

Bethel Park Man Arrested in Baldwin Borough

Incident occurred early on Sunday morning.

A officer observed a man driving erratically near 's Brownsville Road-Knoedler Road intersection at around 12:52 a.m. on Sunday.

The officer eventually stopped the motorist—Jeffrey Krause, 52, of Wallace Avenue in Bethel Park—at the Brownsville-Hacienda Drive intersection and smelled alcohol upon conversing with Krause, according to a police report.

The officer also reported that Krause admitted to recently drinking alcohol.

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Krause was put through field-sobriety and breath-analyzer tests, which he failed, before being arrested and charged with suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

He was then taken to the Jefferson Regional Medical Center for a blood test (results pending) before being taken home.

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