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July 25th, 2008, 02:03 AM
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A Taylor woman will be in an Oakland County courtroom next week after police say she was found slumped over the wheel of her truck with her 2-year-old son inside.
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A Good Samaritan called police at about 8 p.m. Tuesday after seeing the woman, who appeared intoxicated, in the Lowe’s on the 1800 block of Telegraph Road.
Capt. Steve Cook said the man, 40, of Commerce Township followed the woman around the store and noticed she was stumbling and bumping into things. She was alone in the store. Her child, Cook said, had been left in the car.
The child, Cook said, was not harmed and is staying with relatives.
“It could have been a tragedy,” Cook said.
Cook said the man followed her out to her truck and watched her drive to another parking spot. The man also noticed the boy in her backseat.
When police arrived, they found Marlene Patricia Chapman, 36, slumped over the wheel of her truck. She appeared intoxicated and failed field sobriety tests. Her blood-alcohol level, Cook said, was measured at .29 — more than three times the legal limit of .08.
“That’s pretty drunk,” he said.
Chapman was charged earlier this week with operating a vehicle while impaired, third offense; child endangerment and driving with a suspended license. She remains in the Oakland County Jail on a $25,000 bond.
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A Taylor woman will be in an Oakland County courtroom next week after police say she was found slumped over the wheel of her truck with her 2-year-old son inside.
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A Good Samaritan called police at about 8 p.m. Tuesday after seeing the woman, who appeared intoxicated, in the Lowe’s on the 1800 block of Telegraph Road.
Capt. Steve Cook said the man, 40, of Commerce Township followed the woman around the store and noticed she was stumbling and bumping into things. She was alone in the store. Her child, Cook said, had been left in the car.
The child, Cook said, was not harmed and is staying with relatives.
“It could have been a tragedy,” Cook said.
Cook said the man followed her out to her truck and watched her drive to another parking spot. The man also noticed the boy in her backseat.
When police arrived, they found Marlene Patricia Chapman, 36, slumped over the wheel of her truck. She appeared intoxicated and failed field sobriety tests. Her blood-alcohol level, Cook said, was measured at .29 — more than three times the legal limit of .08.
“That’s pretty drunk,” he said.
Chapman was charged earlier this week with operating a vehicle while impaired, third offense; child endangerment and driving with a suspended license. She remains in the Oakland County Jail on a $25,000 bond.
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