Police: Man Found Slumped Over in Car at Waffle House

Mauldin Police have charged a man with drunk and disorderly after he was found slumped over and passed out in his car for hours in the parking lot of the Waffle House on West Butler Road, a police report said.

Police were called to the scene in the wee hours of Sunday morning on a welfare check after people at the restaurant became concerned about the man, the report said.

Officers said they found Marlon D. Thompson, 33, passed out in the driver's seat with an open beer can between his legs and his car parked between two spaces, the report said. Officers said they also found an unlabeled oral solution containing the drug hydrocodone that the man later claimed was a prescription, the report said.

The solution was taken into evidence for analysis. Further charges may be pending based on the results, the report said.

A pair of additional officers were called to the scene to help rouse the man, who seemed confused and emanated a strong odor of alcohol, the report said. The man told police that he had just gotten off work 15 minutes earlier at 12:30 a.m. when he fell asleep, unaware that the officers awakened him after 5 a.m., the report said. 

The man was issued a ticket for public drunk and disorderly conduct and transported to the county detention center, the report said.