Drunk Driver Exits Vehicle with Beer in Hand After Evading Niagara Falls Police

Niagara Falls Police were engaged in routine patrol driving east down Buffalo Avenue at the Portage Road intersection around 11:15am on April 28th when they observed a grey Impala pass them on the left-hand side into the wrong part of the roadway.

Officers initiated emergency lights in an attempt to initiate a traffic stop on the vehicle. However, the vehicle refused to pull over and continued traveling down Buffalo Avenue at a high rate of speed.

Officers followed the vehicle at a safe distance down Buffalo Avenue all the way to Waterfront Park where the vehicle pulled in. When officers caught up, officers observed the male driver exit the driver’s side of the vehicle. He had a beer in his hand and was drinking it.

The male was not listening to officers as his speech was slurred and he was unable to answer any questions asked of him. The male was detained for his own safety as he was acting aggressive towards officers.

An officer took the beer out of his hand, at which point it was observed that another beer was in the cupholder of the vehicle. Officers detected a strong odor of alcohol coming from the vehicle.

When the male driver was told that they were going to do field sobriety testing on him, he said “fuc* no” and “take me to jail.”

The driver’s wife showed up stating that she was tracking him on his life alert and that he has been drinking a lot lately.

The male was transported to police headquarters for booking and processing. No further information is available at this time.

Drunk Driver Exits Vehicle with Beer in Hand After Evading Niagara Falls Police