BOARDMAN
A local sports caster arrested in 2010 on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while impaired has been charged a second time with the offense.
Chad Krispinsky, 34, of Boardman, who works for WYTV-33, was charged at 2:25 a.m. Thursday.
A Boardman police officer said he spotted Krispinsky’s car drifting partially into the center of the road on Market Street near McClurg Road. The officer didn’t pull over Krispinsky’s car but noticed him a short time later on foot on Roche Way and spoke with him.
After detecting the smell of alcohol on Krispinsky’s breath, the officer gave him field sobriety tests. Krispinsky refused to take a Breathalyzer test and was arrested and advised that his license would be suspended for one year.
Krispinsky was scheduled for arraignment on the charge Friday in Mahoning County Area Court in Boardman. Court records don’t indicate whether he attended the hearing.
In August 2010, Krispinsky pleaded guilty in the county area court in Canfield to an amended charge of failure to maintain physical control of his motor vehicle after testing 0.181 on a Breathalyzer, more than twice the legal limit of .08.
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And yet another screw up by a police department in the area. All good points middle.
Besides what you think about the police, I think this dude has a alcoholic problem and should address it. He shouldn't be driving. Thank God he didn't kill anyone.
I'm not a police officer and have zero police training.
That said, I'd be embarrassed to be on record saying I saw a car drift over the line, blew it off, then stopped the guy when he stumbled past me of foot. I would not want that as a matter of record and would have just charged the guy with public intoxication instead.
Whomever this police officer is, he looks pretty dumb on this one.
Keep in mind the officer might have been able to run a license check on Market street, find out that he lives in the neighborhood where Roche Way is, and then just follow him there. When a previous DUI shows up on that check then it's not within the realms of stupidity for the officer to catch him later.
A Boardman police officer said he spotted Krispinsky’s car drifting partially into the center of the road on Market Street near McClurg Road. The officer didn’t pull over Krispinsky’s car but noticed him a short time later on foot on Roche Way and spoke with him.
Justice read the print
Actually, this is the THIRD drunk driving charge this dude now has...
01/11/2002 - DUI#1
01/21/2010 - OVI 1ST OFFENSE (AMENDED TO PHYSICAL CONTROL)
05/31/2012 - OVI#1(REFUSAL)
http://courts.mahoningcountyoh.gov/pa...
Whata great way to increase ratings - Does he go on TV lit up?
@Askmeificare--Have you ever heard him? I'd say he has to be.