HAMPDEN, Maine — A Hampden man who pulled his vehicle over for no reason at all Thursday night caught the attention of police and was arrested when he was found to be intoxicated, Police Chief Joseph Rogers said Friday.
Charles Brown, 61, was driving on Main Road near the center of town when Hampden police Officer Bill Miller saw him pull to the side of the road and stop, according to Rogers.
“[Miller] didn’t know what [Brown’s] intentions were,” Rogers said.
Brown failed several roadside sobriety tests and was arrested and charged with operating under the influence, Rogers said. His blood alcohol level was 0.24, three times Maine’s legal limit of 0.08.
Brown was taken to Penobscot County Jail, where he remained Friday morning.
I’m not sure how an officer would know he pulled over for no reason. Good luck with that one in court.
In that part of town there is no on-street parking, that may be a reason
Gee my Uncle is this guys age, and has had health issues. I would hope if a cop saw him pull over for no reason they would swing back and check on him, make sure he is ok. Which I’d be willing to guess is likely the scenario here. Kind of like if you get a flat tire on the highway….sure would be nice if that officer pulled over and checked on you instead of driving by.
In this case he ended up getting a Drunk off the road. Might have saved an innocent life. That counts as a “win” in my book.
The officer believed that the driver might have needed some sort of help. When he approached the driver and spoke to him he believed that he had been drinking and thus administered a field sobriety test.
Is there on street parking in that part of Hampden? If he came to a stop and left the travel lane partially blocked then the police officer would have seen him violating a traffic regulation.
Imagine if it played out a little different: A man pulls to the side of the road because he’s having a cardiac event and the Police officer drives right by and ignores him. I’m sure certain people would be shouting ‘crucify him’ the next day.
People are too quick to demonize the boys in blue.
Unless he gets a great lawyer, he is looking at max seven days
0.24 is probably a good reason to pull over and stop.
I was thinking that very thing. Perhaps it just dawned on him that he’d had too much ;-)
And saw the Hampden PD!
With a BAC three X’s the legal good chance he may have felt the call of nature……
AT least he didn’t get cited for “showing his ….” Than again, the end offense would have been less!!!
Isn’t there a guy out in Hermon who holds the title for that?
Have not heard must from the Hermon flasher for a while…..but, warmer weather is approaching…..
wowzers – glad he pulled over with a .24 – as my dad would say “egad”
good work by HPD
Charlie Brown? Oh, brother…
They keep coming… out of the woodwork!
Was Linus and Lucy with him?
Maybe he got a touch of sense in his otherwise muddled brain and said I better pull over and stop before I run into someone and kill them.
Sometimes when drinking you know you have had a couple and are okay to drive, then you have a few more and get a strong buzz or drunk and know you can’t drive…but then sometimes you have more and all thinking goes out the window and you feel like you’re totally fine to drive again. Possibly he was at that point (being that drunk) and realized he should not be driving and pulled over? And on a side note, I’m not surprised a Hampden Police Officer was all over someone pulled off to the side of the road for “no reason.”
it should be zero tolerance for drinking and driving
That person was not FBI agent Lori Bailey thank god.
Notice how the FBI has tried to block you from seeing the story.
http://austin.ynn.com/content/top_stories/199739/dallas-fbi-agent-arrested–accused-of-drunk-driving
02/06/2008 03:31 PM
Dallas FBI agent arrested, accused of drunk driving
By: Associated Press
DALLAS — An FBI agent in Dallas was accused of drunken
driving after authorities said she drove in the wrong direction and was
involved in an accident.
Lori Bailey is an FBI supervisor and former agency spokeswoman.
The Department of Public Safety said Bailey was arrested Sunday and charged with driving while intoxicated.
DPS
Sergeant Robert Bernard said Bailey is accused of driving north in the
southbound lanes of the North Dallas Tollway and being involved in an
accident.
Is there a reason you have to post this nonsense, takes up space and quite honestly i am tired of reading it
I am posting this material to support my thesis the police spend more time arresting other police than going after the real criminals. You know like Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, DOW Chemical, Bank of Wachovia..
As you know rhere is a push on to identify the pathology behand Haskell and Cain’s refusal to create volunteer civilian police review boards with subpoena powers. You know the concept as taking civilian control of something Maine taxpayers and voters own.
Pull Maine citizens over for OUI but no PLUNDER busts eh? Having problems finding the perps?
see
http://plunderthecrimeofourtime.com/
also see
http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520080355
With all due respect, you need to take your nonsense elsewhere. Your “thesis” lacks clarity, let alone a factual basis for what, frankly, appear to be paranoid, conspiracy theory laced rants. Please go find something else to do. Those of us who have actually spent time in the law enforcement community will thank you.
Thirteen Techniques for Truth Suppression
by David Martin
Strong, credible allegations of high-level criminal activity can bring
down a government. When the government lacks an effective, fact-based
defense, other techniques must be employed. The success of these
techniques depends heavily upon a cooperative, compliant press and a
mere token opposition party.
Call the skeptics names like “conspiracy theorist,” “nut,”
“ranter,” “kook,” “crackpot,” and of course, “rumor monger.” You must
then carefully avoid fair and open debate with any of the people you
have thus maligned.
I say good job Police!
I say “thank god it was not FBI agent Clymer.
see link for full story
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Apr-14-Fri-2006/news/6840736.html
Apr. 14, 2006
PRODUCT LIABILITY:
Drunk driver sues truck maker
FBI agent files lawsuit after pickup caught fire in January 2005
An FBI agent who pleaded guilty to drunken driving has sued the maker
of his pickup because it caught fire after he passed out behind the
wheel.
Robert Clymer, who was involved in a high-profile investigation of
the Crazy Horse Too strip club, had a blood-alcohol content of 0.306
percent, nearly four times the current legal limit, and was unconscious
when Las Vegas firefighters pulled him from his burning truck on Jan.
29, 2005.
The 2004 Chevrolet Silverado had jumped a curb outside a gated
community in northwest Las Vegas and began to smoke and caught fire
after the engine had been running for a long time, according to a Las
Vegas police report.
Police found an empty 25-ounce bottle of Captain Morgan rum on the
passenger seat and a SIG Sauer 9 mm pistol in the truck’s cab.
The lawsuit says Clymer stopped on the side of the road to make a
telephone call. He left the engine running and the car in park.
Clymer then “somehow lost consciousness” and the truck “somehow
produced a heavy smoke that filled the passenger cab,” the suit said.
On the night of his drunken driving arrest, Robert Clymer was involved in an incident at the Suncoast, police said.
Security guards at the hotel called police about 3:20 a.m. to report a man in the parking lot with a gun.
The man left before officers arrived, but he left behind a 15-round
magazine from his gun. Officers matched the magazine to Robert Clymer’s
gun.
OCCIFER ! I give up , you got me ! Oh, you wasnt pointing to me ! Nevermind !
The Great Pumpkin Ale
0.24, now thats a buzz on!
I suppose it’s better than driving through town at 80 mph when you’re drunk.