Crime & Safety
Drunken Driver Calls Wife: 'I'll Be in Jail'
The information in this report is from the Twinsburg Police. An arrest does not mean a conviction.
When a Twinsburg Police officer approached a car he had pulled over along Cannon Road on Dec. 1, he found the driving on the phone.
The 42-year-old man, who smelled heavily of alcohol, was on the phone with his wife and telling her he was going to be in jail, according to the police report.
The officer let the man finish his conversation and then had him perform a field sobriety test, which performed poorly on, the report reads.
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The man provided a breath sample at the Twinsburg jail, registering a .164, more than double the legal limit of .08.
The man is charged with drunken driving and driving left of center. He will have his first court date in Stow Municipal Court today.
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