Chesterfield Township man arrested for 5th drunken driving charge

CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A four-time convicted 47-year-old man may be facing a fifth conviction for drunken driving. 

Harold Martin was exiting the Fillin Station parking lot around 11:30 p.m. Thursday when an officer noticed he failed to turn on the vehicle's headlights, Chesterfield Township police said. 

The officer followed Martin as he continued to travel without headlights until he parked halfway in a parking spot in front of an apartment on Carlos street. 

When confronted, the officer could smell a very strong odor of intoxicants coming from Martin, police said. He also viewed Martin stumbling when trying to walk and having slow, deliberate speech. 

Martin was arrested on the suspicion of operating while intoxicated with a blood alcohol content of .15%. He is being held at the Macomb County Jail on a $3,000 bond.