It was like a frat party in a car when a Summit County sheriff’s deputy pulled two men over for speeding through Dillon Valley.
The deputy spotted the vehicle speeding at least 40 miles per hour in a 25 mph zone, and then watched the driver run a stop sign. When the driver finally pulled over the deputy immediately noticed the aroma of marijuana wafting from the vehicle.
Inside, the party of two was raging. There was an empty 1.75-liter bottle of alcohol in the back seat and fresh-cut limes in the center console.
“The driver gave an unbelievable story about where he was headed, as he was going in the wrong direction to get there,” the sheriff’s blotter reads. “The driver had bloodshot eyes and a passenger who was having trouble staying awake due to extreme intoxication.”
After a thorough investigation the deputy arrested the driver on multiple charges, including DUI and open container laws. Turns out the passenger had an outstanding warrant.
Both men were arrested and sent to jail.
Sketchy excuses
In another incident, a man driving through Wildernest was pulled over for rolling a stop sign. The deputy asked for his name, and that is when things got suspicious.
The man said he had no ID – no driver’s license, passport, phone bill or even social media to prove his name. Instead, he wrote a name on a piece of paper and gave it to the deputy. Shockingly, this name led nowhere.
“After some investigation by the deputy, his real name was revealed, along with an active warrant for his arrest,” the blotter reads. “When confronted with the information, the man gave ‘being nervous about not having a valid driver’s license’ as his reason for lying.”
It did not help. He was booked into jail on charges of providing false information, driving without a valid driver’s license, failure to stop at a stop sign, and a misdemeanor warrant.
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