2 on ATV busted after near-miss with cruiser

Written by Mansfield News Journal

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

MANSFIELD -- After nearly striking a police cruiser with his four-wheeler, a drunken 34-year-old man had to be ordered from the vehicle at gunpoint Sunday night, the police said.

An officer reported seeing the man near the 200 block of North Adams Street close to midnight, driving the four-wheeler erratically and at a high rate of speed with one passenger, 28. After stopping for the officer, the two refused to follow police orders at gunpoint and were physically restrained and cuffed.

Both were found to be legally drunk, and the driver was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated for having a blood alcohol content above 0.17 percent. The legal driving limit in Ohio is 0.08 percent.

Both also were charged with resisting arrest and drunkenness, and incarcerated.

The driver was charged with menacing after threatening to kill the arresting officer once he got out of jail.

Source: http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20100601/NEWS01/6010311

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