Brecksville Police Blotter: Driving Under the Influence

The following incidents were reported by the Brecksville Police Department on Aug. 27 and 28. The information was compiled by police reports.

Driving under the influence

A 39-year-old Broadview Heights man was charged with driving under the influence after an officer pulled him over for speeding on state Route 21 at 7:18 p.m. on Aug. 28. An officer smelled alcohol and learned that the man’s license was suspended. The officer had the man step out to perform some field sobriety tests, which he failed to complete.

At the station, the man refused to perform the tests again. He gave an invalid blood alcohol test and refused to give a second sample later. He was charged with speeding, driving under suspension, operating a vehicle under the influence and refusing to give a sample with a prior conviction. 

Driving under the influence

A 19-year-old Canton woman was charged with driving under the influence after an officer pulled her over on Interstate 77 for speeding at 2:38 a.m. on Aug. 27. At first, the woman gave the officer a driver's license that wasn’t hers; the officer noticed that the picture didn’t look like her, that the car’s owner and the name on the license weren’t the same, and that the birth date she gave wasn’t the same as on the card. The officer also saw that she had a tattoo on her arm of a different name, at which point she gave him her real name. Her license was suspended.

She failed a few field sobriety tests and had a blood alcohol level above the legal limit, according to results from a portable breath test. There was also an open bottle of vodka in the car. She was charged with speeding, operating a vehicle under the influence, driving under suspension, having an open container and presenting a license that wasn’t hers. Her passenger, a 25-year-old Canton man, was also charged with having an open container.

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