Man Gets Third DUI in 12 Months
Upper Dublin Police arrest a Staten Island man after he was seen passed out behind his steering wheel.
Upper Dublin Police arrested James Carmine Merrill, 39, of Mohahan Avenue, Staten Island, N.Y., on Jan. 9 at 1:39 a.m. after he was seen passed out behind the steering wheel of a blue Ford Escape in the Best Western Hotel lot on Commerce Avenue, police said. According to police, an officer knocked on the windows of the small SUV several times to wake Merrill up; when he woke up, he was lethargic and confused. Merrill was unable to work the windows of his vehicle, so the police officer opened the passenger side door to speak with him, police said. There was a strong odor of alcohol coming from the passenger compartment. According to police, Merrill said he was going to, and coming from Newtown, Pa. He had trouble answering simple …
SCOTT ANTHONY
10:12 pm on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
AGREED ! .................. ' A DRUNK DRIVER CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER ' !!!!! .. Hats off to Upper Dublin Police AND OTHER P.D.,S for taking "drunk driving seriously "each and almost EVERY year we lose approx. 16,000 Americans from drunk driving , This is an epideminc !! "WTF " The Courts need to stop giving this guys "work release " and ' RIP ' ( restrictive intermeidatte punishment) " sentencing… more ›