Paulding County, GA – APD Lieutenant Crashes SUV
Paulding County, Georgia (March 21, 2023) – Over the weekend, an Atlanta Police Department lieutenant was arrested for DUI after a single-vehicle crash near Macland Road and Mount Tabor Church Road in Paulding County.
According to a press release, a Georgia State Patrol trooper determined that a black Nissan Xterra was traveling east on Macland Road around midnight on March 19 when it left the road and struck a stop sign and a Paulding County Department of Transportation sign.
While speaking with the driver, the trooper allegedly detected alcohol on the driver’s breath. The driver admitted to drinking wine about 4 hours before the crash. Inside the vehicle, the trooper noticed Atlanta Police Department gear and an open can of Modelo beer.
The driver was taken to Paulding WellStar Hospital for medical treatment. The driver stated that he was an APD officer while at the hospital. His eyes were bloodshot and watery, and his speech was slurred, according to the trooper. The trooper attempted the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test four times but the driver was unable to follow directions.
The driver gave a breath sample for testing, which revealed that he had consumed alcohol, and was read the implied consent notice for a blood test. He agreed to the blood test, but when the trooper went to his car to get a blood draw kit, he fled into the nearby woods.
The trooper asked the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office and Cobb County’s K-9 unit for assistance in locating the police lieutenant. They found him at a RaceTrac gas station near the hospital at 5:33 a.m. He was arrested and taken to the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office to be booked into their jail.
When APD commanders learned of the arrest, they launched an internal investigation and placed him on “non-enforcement status.”
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