Troy police arrest limo driver for suspected drunken driving

Police say driver had vodka on him, handgun without permit

TROY, Mich. – Troy police arrested a limo driver who, they say, was driving drunk Thursday morning.

Police said the driver called police for assistance because his limo had broken down. Officers found him in a parking lot where the limo had a flat tire and appeared to be damaged by a recent crash.

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Police said the driver at first denied being involved in an accident but later admitted to possibly hitting something on Big Beaver Road.

Officers searched him for weapons and found a bottle of vodka in his coat pocket. The 64-year-old Clinton Township man failed a sobriety test and was arrested.

He was given a breath test and showed a blood alcohol level of .15, .06 points above the .08 legal limit.

Police also found an unloaded handgun stashed in a laptop computer bag inside the limo. The man did not have a concealed weapons permit, police said.

Police were seeking charges for carrying a concealed weapon, operating while intoxicated and open intoxicants in a motor vehicle.


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