Trooper David Flowers demonstrates proper execution of a field sobriety test requirement.
Intoxicated Driver Arrested for DWI and Possession, SCENIC LOOP, April 17, 2011 - At approximately 10:30 pm on April 16, 2011, Deputy Terri Mayer was coming off a special assignment and on her way home from work when she spotted a silver 2001 Dodge Ram driven by Kevin Dewayne Simmons, 37, of Livingston. Mayer observed that the truck was weaving badly and at one point nearly had a head-on collision with another vehicle. Mayer stopped the vehicle in the parking lot of the Stanley Cabins. DPS Trooper David Flowers and Sergeant Nita Bowen were summoned. Upon arrival Trooper Flowers administered a field sobriety test on Simmons and placed him under arrest for driving while intoxicated. Additionally, a vehicle search turned up a marijuana roach and some pills. Simmons was also charged with possession. According to Trooper Flowers, Simmons was intoxicated with alcohol. Simmons' wife came and recovered the his vehicle.
Flowers places a smiling Kevin Simmons under arrest for driving while intoxicated.
Moments later, Simmons was no longer smiling...
...only a moment later, Simmons began to laugh.
An ash tray was found in Simmons' vehicle with a marijuana roach inside...
...and pills were found in the center console. The pills will be analyzed.
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