Dakota Valkyrie
July 23rd, 2009, 09:31 PM
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Police said a Muncie man driving drunk -- and with a suspended license -- tried to avoid arrest Tuesday night by hurriedly putting a 12-year-old passenger behind the wheel.
Bill Curtis, a Delaware County sheriff's deputy, said James C. Storie, 33, was driving a Chevrolet mini-van when he drove past Curtis, who was working an Operation Pullover detail, aimed at reducing impaired driving.
After Curtis turned around in anticipation of pulling the mini-van over, Storie turned down Burlington Drive and onto other southeastside streets, apparently hoping to avoid the deputy.
When the stop was made, Curtis found a 12-year-old girl behind the wheel, with Storie and two other pre-teenagers also in the van.
The "driver" was identified as the daughter of Storie's girlfriend.
"It's certainly something I had not seen (before)," Curtis said of Storie's alleged bid to avoid responsibility for his illegal driving.
Tests measured Storie's blood-alcohol content at 0.17 percent after the Muncie man failed a field sobriety test, according to a probable cause affidavit. In Indiana, motorists with a BAC of 0.08 percent or higher are considered intoxicated.
[...]http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20090723/NEWS01/907230337
He looks much brighter than he obviously is... which ain't saying much.
Police said a Muncie man driving drunk -- and with a suspended license -- tried to avoid arrest Tuesday night by hurriedly putting a 12-year-old passenger behind the wheel.
Bill Curtis, a Delaware County sheriff's deputy, said James C. Storie, 33, was driving a Chevrolet mini-van when he drove past Curtis, who was working an Operation Pullover detail, aimed at reducing impaired driving.
After Curtis turned around in anticipation of pulling the mini-van over, Storie turned down Burlington Drive and onto other southeastside streets, apparently hoping to avoid the deputy.
When the stop was made, Curtis found a 12-year-old girl behind the wheel, with Storie and two other pre-teenagers also in the van.
The "driver" was identified as the daughter of Storie's girlfriend.
"It's certainly something I had not seen (before)," Curtis said of Storie's alleged bid to avoid responsibility for his illegal driving.
Tests measured Storie's blood-alcohol content at 0.17 percent after the Muncie man failed a field sobriety test, according to a probable cause affidavit. In Indiana, motorists with a BAC of 0.08 percent or higher are considered intoxicated.
[...]http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20090723/NEWS01/907230337
He looks much brighter than he obviously is... which ain't saying much.