Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: Speeding Drunken Driver Arrested on 22 Mile Road
The following information was supplied by the Macomb County Sheriff's Office. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
On April 18, at approximately 1:38 a.m., a Macomb County Sheriff's deputy registered a Chesterfield Township man driving 63 mph along a 45 mph stretch of 22 Mile Road in Macomb Township.
The 45-year-old driver was pulled over in the area of Card Road and Emanuel Drive where he was asked to perform a series of sobriety tests. The man failed these tests and registered a blood alcohol content of .168 in his preliminary breath test, according to the police report.
The man was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a high blood alcohol content and transported to the Macomb County Jail. His vehicle was towed and his bond set at $100, according to the police report.
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