Friday, March 29, 2013
Upper Dublin Police arrested the following people for suspicion of DUI.
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Friday, March 29
Michael R. Sarro, 42, of the 100 block of Stanley Avenue, Glenside, was arrested March 22 at about 9:30 p.m. after he crashed a gray 2012 Kia Forte into a stone wall in the 300 block of Camp Hill Road, causing heavy front passenger-side damage, police said. According to police, Sarro had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath. Sarro agreed to a breath test, which yielded a blood alcohol content readout of 0.18 percent, police said; he also had deficiencies in his field sobriety tests. A breath test at the police station at about 10 p.m. yielded a blood alcohol content of 0.148 percent, police said. Sarro, who was not injured in the crash, was released to a family friend, police said. -- Christina L. Newsome, 24, of the 5000 block of …
Friday, March 22, 2013
Police said a woman was swerving over the double yellow lines early Sunday morning.
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Friday, March 22
Upper Dublin Police arrested a Southampton woman for suspicion of DUI early on St. Patrick’s Day. Caitlin Vanhorn, 21, of the 500 block of Cushmore Drive, was arrested at about 2:41 a.m. near the corner of Friends Lane and Meetinghouse Road in Ambler after police said they saw a Silver Hyundai Elantra driven by Vanhorn swerve over the double yellow lines, crossing into the other lanes of travel. According to police, Vanhorn then stopped at a green light before making a turn, made a wide turn and crossed the double yellow lines again. She was unaware of the traffic violations, police said. There was a smell of alcohol emanating from the vehicle, police said, and Vanhorn took a PBT which registered 0.103 percent.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Upper Dublin Police arrested a Fort Washington man after he allegedly fell asleep … while on the street.
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Tuesday, March 19
Upper Dublin Police arrested a man Sunday night for DUI after he was allegedly asleep or passed out behind the wheel of his vehicle while the car was in gear. Micheal James Skahan, 34, of Goodman Drive, Fort Washington, was arrested March 17 shortly before 9 p.m. after police said he was blocking the straight lane of westbound Susquehanna Road near Fitzwatertown Road with his white Lincoln MKX. According to police, Skahan was slumped forward in the driver’s seat, but was breathing; the vehicle was in gear, but not moving due to the grade of the road. When Skahan woke up, he seemed surprised and was not aware of his surroundings, police said. According to police, he smelled of alcohol and had glassy and bloodshot eyes. Skahan blew a 0.…
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Upper Dublin Police arrest two on suspicion of DUI.
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Friday, March 15
DUI … Sharandeep Singh, 21, of 2000 block of Blair Mill Road, Willow Grove, was arrested March 8 at 11:42 p.m. near the corner of Susquehanna and Twining roads after he made an illegal turn on red while driving a blue Kia Sorento, police said. According to police, Singh did not pull over immediately and there was a strong odor of alcohol coming from the passenger compartment. Singh was unsteady on his feet, police said, and had slurred speech and smelled of alcohol. He admitted to drinking, had a blood alcohol content of 0.197 percent and was released into the custody of a family member. -- DUI .. Richard Jeffrey Drew, 55, of the 600 block of Meadowbrook Avenue, Ambler, was arrested March 9 at about 3 a.m. at the 7-Eleven parking lot on …
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Upper Dublin Police arrest a Staten Island man after he was seen passed out behind his steering wheel.
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Tuesday, January 15
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 ›