Posted on 10/14/2015 1:25:26 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
• Drunk driving suspect claims his dog was driving the car
The dog was nowhere to be seen, but that didn’t stop one drunk driving suspect from blaming his pet.
Florida resident Reliford Cooper III was arrested after crashing his car and promptly gave police a rather unbelievable 'excuse'.
"Who was chasing me?" he asked the officer, adding: "My dog was driving that car, I ran 'cause I wanted to. You ain’t gonna find no drugs or guns on me."
Mr Cooper is alleged to have ignored a stop sign and travelled across two ditches before crashing into an occupied home, according to a police report published by The Smoking Gun.
The 26-year-old is alleged to have exited his vehicle, ran into a church and hid in the toilets. He was then forced out of the building by parishioners, police say.
“I was able to smell the strong odour of an alcoholic beverage, as well as an odour of burnt marijuana,” said the officer who made the arrest.
“Reliford continued to ramble without being questioned,” he added in his report.
The suspect then vomited at the scene before claiming to have suffered a back injury in the crash.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
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