West Virginia Man Tells Police He Drank 13 Beers
Posted on Dec 25, 2008 11:10am PST
Last night, a man in Charleston, West Virginia was stopped by local law enforcement for suspicion of
drunk driving. When the man was pulled over by police, he told them that he had been drinking all night while attending a Christmas party. The man was stopped by Kanawha County Deputy J.M. Vernon who had spotted him weaving in and out of his traffic lane.
According to Vernon, the man, 38 year old Frederick D. Dunlap, was driving his pick-up erratically and continued to drift over the centerline of the road before swerving back into his own traffic lane. Vernon also reported that Dunlap ran his truck off of the road several times.
Vernon immediately decided to stop Dunlap. Once he approached Dunlap's truck, Vernon claimed that he smelled alcohol on Dunlap's breath and that Dunlap's speech was slurred.
Dunlap told the deputy that he had drank 12 - 13 beers while attending a nearby Christmas party. He said he knew he should not have been driving and that he had purposefully taken back roads in order to avoid police patrol cars.
Dunlap had a hard time keeping his balance and stumbled all over the place when he was asked to step outside of his pick-up. He was asked to perform 3
field sobriety tests, all of which he failed. He was then taken to the Kanawha County Sheriff's police department and asked to perform a breath test. His
breath test revealed that his blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was 0.170%, which is over twice the West Virginia legal limit.
Dunlap was charged with driving under the influence (DUI) and is awaiting further legal proceedings.
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