Crime & Safety
Man Walks out of Store, Finds Officers Viewing a Bottle of Booze in his Car
The following information was supplied by the Stow Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
On May 26, the received a call about a possible drunken driver on the road.
The caller told officers he saw a man drinking from a bottle of alcohol in a brown paper bag while he was driving.
Officers found the vehicle, a 2008 red Mazda Miata, parked in the parking lot.
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Police said a bottle of alcohol in a brown paper bag was in plain sight.
When the driver eventually left the store, he was found by officers to be intoxicated, police said.
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According to the report, the liquor was a 1-liter bottle of Williams Kentucky Straight Bourbon.
The 55-year-old man from Stow was given a misdemeanor citation and ordered to appear at the Stow Municipal Court House June 1.
Having an open container in a motor vehicle is a minor-misdemeanor.
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