A clerk at
a Henrico County Virginia Exxon Station tipped off
Henrico County Police that a customer appeared to be intoxicated. The clerk observed the man stumble in and out of the store
at the Exxon on Staples Mill and Glenside. The clerk noticed that their were 2 children in the car and called 911.
The customer had ordered a car wash at the Exxon and the police were waiting for him as he exited. It may be the first known DUI arrest where the basis of the stop was weaving within the drive through car wash lane. The driver was charged with a second DUI within 5 years.
If convicted, Virginia DUI Law requires that a 2nd DUI in 5 years carries a mandatory minimum 20 day jail sentence and DUI with a passenger under 17 in the car carries an additional 5 day jail sentence. To read the account from Richmond channel CBS 6- WTVR, click Henrico Police say Clerk Helped Capture alleged Drunk Driver.
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