GPS used to track, catch River Falls drunk driver
An open 911 line with people on one end talking about being intoxicated and hoping police wouldn't catch them led to the arrest of a 21-year-old River Falls man for drunk driving at 2:20 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9. A Pierce County Sheriff's dispatcher monitored the 911 call, perhaps made accidentally, by a passenger in the man's car. The car was tracked by the sheriff's department's GPS and River Falls police were notified.By: Phil Pfuehler, River Falls Journal
An open 911 line with people on one end talking about being intoxicated and hoping police wouldn't catch them led to the arrest of a 21-year-old River Falls man for drunk driving at 2:20 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9. A Pierce County Sheriff's dispatcher monitored the 911 call, perhaps made accidentally, by a passenger in the man's car. The car was tracked by the sheriff's department's GPS and River Falls police were notified.
The driver was soon stopped as he pulled out of a driveway in the 400 block of South Wasson Lane. He said he only had had a few drinks.
After field sobriety and preliminary breath tests, he was arrested, booked at the police station, cited and then released for a ride home by a sober friend.
Police also:
--Arrested a 24-year-old River Falls man for criminal property damage in the 600 block of Lake Street after 3 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, after he allegedly punched a hole in the wall of house where he was visiting. The man was apparently upset that the woman he had brought to a party there was going to spend the rest of the night with the male homeowner. After those two went to bed, the man allegedly began yelling and drove his fist into the wall.
--Arrested a 27-year-old Hudson man for driving while suspended, and later for marijuana possession and a probation violation late last Monday night, Dec. 3, at North Main Street and Quarry Road. The man was pulled over for a traffic stop. He blamed his poor driving on hot soup from Kwik Trip that he'd spilled on his lap. However, it was found that his driver's license was suspended and, after a search of his car, an officer claimed to find a baggie of pot on the floor. The man said it must be old marijuana because he didn't smoke the stuff anymore. Upon closer examination, the officer noted that the marijuana looked fresh and not like stale, dried-up marijuana. The Hudson man was taken to county jail.
For more, please see Police Beat in the Dec. 13 print edition of the River Falls Journal.
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