ELYRIA — An Amherst man who drove drunk over the weekend called police to turn himself in, explaining that he needed somewhere to stay for the night.
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James Hubbell, 64, was arrested for drunken driving and failure to maintain physical control after he called the Sheriff’s Office to let deputies know he was driving and had been drinking. He told a dispatcher he needed a place to stay for the night, so he was driving to the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office, a report said.
Listen to Hubbell’s 911 call. (WARNING: VERY STRONG LANGUAGE.)
A deputy who was at the station working on another report walked out to the parking lot, where he saw a tan pickup truck driving through the grass at the Health District offices next door.
Hubbell exited the 2002 Ford Ranger and “had a strong odor of intoxicants … and heavy slurred speech,” the report said.
Hubbell was asked to perform several field sobriety tests, which he failed.
As another test was about to be administered, Hubbell told the deputy, “No am drunk arrest me am not doing anymore tests,” the report said.
Hubbell refused a breath test.
He pleaded not guilty this morning in Elyria Municipal Court. He has a pretrial set for Aug. 31.
