Police Blotter: Holiday Weekend Brings Drunken Driven Arrests

Man Arrested in Hit-and-Run

Macomb County Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a home on the 47000 block of Beacon Square on July 5 around 2 a.m. for the report of a vehicle hitting a parked car. Deputies observed that a Pontiac Grand Am had crashed into a parked Buick Regal. The Grand Am's front airbags had deployed and 105 feet of skid marks were found leading up to the crash site. Deputies believe the Grand Am was driving southbound on Beacon Square at a high rate of speed when it struck the Regal head on.

Witnesses to the accident said the man who got out of the Grand Am approached them and said he would leave the scene and return with a family member. The man never returned to the scene. With the assistance of a K9 unit and information from the license plate, deputies were able to find the driver, who police said had his operator's license suspended.

The driver was arrested on misdemeanor counts of failing to stop and identify himself at an accident and a DWLS (driving while license suspended) 1st. He was taken to the Macomb County Jail on a $200 bond.

Drunken Driving Arrest

The Macomb County Sheriff's Office arrested a man July 5 about 1 a.m. on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. According to a report, the man was parked in the Rite Aid lot at Hayes and 24 Mile roads. Upon being approached by a deputy, the man put his car in gear and began to drive off. The deputy stopped the man and had him complete sobriety tests. The 28-year-old man had a 0.12 percent blood alcohol content. He was taken to jail on an OWI (operating while intoxicated) 1st with a $100 bond, to be released the next day, according to a report.