A visibly intoxicated 37-year-old Taylor man \u2014 driving with open Fireball and Twisted Tea alcoholic beverages inside his car \u2014 faces DUI and related charges, police said.<\/p>\n
After officers were dispatched to 744 N. Main Ave. in Scranton around 8:48 p.m. on Saturday for a report of a hit-and-run crash involving a parked vehicle,\u00a0Patrolman Richard Stevens received an additional call regarding a possibly intoxicated driver, according to a criminal complaint.<\/p>\n
The caller stated the driver was \u201cso drunk\u201d and noted the white SUV was traveling on Farr Street, police said.<\/p>\n
Stevens spotted the vehicle after turning onto Farr Street and noticed the passenger-side mirror was broken, according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n
The patrolman initiated a traffic stop and the driver \u2014 identified as Michael Moore, 397 Circle Drive, Apt. 107 \u2014 stopped the SUV at an angle on North Sumner Avenue, police said.<\/p>\n
Moore\u2019s eyes were bloodshot, glossy and watery, and Stevens detected an odor of alcohol on his breath, according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n
Additionally, Stevens slurred his words, and officers found a lime margarita alcoholic beverage in the vehicle\u2019s cup holder, police said.<\/p>\n
Moore showed more signs of intoxication, dropping his wallet while attempting to show officers his identification, according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n
After learning his identity, officers discovered that Moore had an active warrant out of Baltimore County in Maryland.<\/p>\n
When Stevens ordered Moore to exit the vehicle, he struggled to maintain his balance and stumbled, officers said.<\/p>\n
Moore \u2014 who declined to take sobriety tests \u2014 was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, according to the criminal complaint. He gave consent for a blood draw.<\/p>\n
While waiting for a tow truck, Stevens observed multiple open alcoholic beverages inside Moore\u2019s vehicle, including a bottle of Fireball whisky, five cans of margarita beverages and two cans of Twisted Tea, police said.<\/p>\n
Police charged Moore with DUI\u2013general impairment, unlawful activities relating to equipment, accidents involving damage to attended vehicle or property, careless driving, reckless driving and disregarding a traffic lane.<\/p>\n
As of Monday, Moore remained in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $2,500 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 8 at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A visibly intoxicated 37-year-old Taylor man \u2014 driving with open Fireball and Twisted Tea alcoholic beverages inside his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[202,201,182,139,28,178,180,179,4168,181],"class_list":["post-296644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-taylor","tag-top-stories-stt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}