2016.06.27 Public Safety Commission Packet

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7 On May 14th at approximately 6:20pm DWI Officer Farmer conducted routine checks of a vehicle and determined the registered owner had a suspended driver’s license. Officer Farmer stopped the vehicle after is also failed to stop for a stop sign. While speaking with the driver Officer Farmer noted the driver had a “far off” look and was slow to answer questions. Farmer also noted an odor consistent with marijuana in the vehicle. During a search of the vehicle Officer Farmer located drug paraphernalia, marijuana, pills, and heroin. The driver did not properly perform field sobriety tests and was taken in to custody for DWI-Drugs and Felony Possession of Narcotics. The suspect was booked at the Ramsey County Law Enforcement Center for the listed charges. 16006263 On May 26th at 10:51am Sergeant Singer and Sergeant Nelson were dispatched to 806 West County Road D for a report of a vehicle which struck two cars in lot and the driver reported to be drunk. Officers located his apartment and knocked on his door and he eventually answered it. The driver, identified as, Curtis Richard Normandin 08/26/1982, and was very intoxicated. Officers determined he had struck the vehicles in the parking lot and returned to his apartment. While attempting to take him in to custody for DWI, Normandin physically resisted officers and was eventually taken in to custody and transported to the Public Safety Center. Upon arrival at the Public Safety Center Normandin was advised of his Implied Consent Advisory and eventually refused all evidentiary tests. With one prior DWI violation he was booked for gross misdemeanor DWI test refusal. A notice of seizure and intent to forfeit a vehicle was served to him and he was transported to the Ramsey County Law Enforcement Center and booked for multiple charges. On May 30th at approximately 8:37pm Officers were clearing a reported large fight at Long Lake Park when Officer Farmer observed a male who he had just spoken with and observed he was intoxicated driving out of the park. Officer Farmer stopped the vehicle and spoke with the driver, Francis Yang 01/6/1982, who was obviously intoxicated. While speaking with him Officer Farmer observed three small children in the back seat. The driver was asked to exit the vehicle and failed to adequately perform field sobriety tests and subsequently provided a preliminary breath test indicating an alcohol concentration of .114. Yang was taken in to custody for DWI and after being read the Implied Consent advisory he refused to provide an evidentiary breath test. Due to the presence of the children in the vehicle and the test refusal, Yang served with a Notice of Intent to Forfeit his vehicle and was booked at the Ramsey County Law Enforcement Center for 2nd Degree DWI Refusal and Child Endangerment. 16007112 On May 19th at 8:39pm Officer Farmer was on routine patrol searching for impaired drivers and observed a vehicle in his rearview mirror improperly complete a turn. Officer Farmer stopped the vehicle in the area of Old Highway 8 SW and West County Road D and went to speak with the driver, identified as, Nathan Michael Hawkins (12/18/83). While speaking with Hawkins Officer Farmer determined he had been drinking and he admitted to drinking “three beers”. Hawkins failed to properly perform field sobriety testing and provided a preliminary breath test sample indicating an alcohol concentration of .091. Hawkins was taken in to custody for DWI and transported to the Public Safety Center. Upon arrival Hawkins agreed to provide an evidentiary test which indicated an alcohol concentration of .08. Due a previous alcohol violation Hawkins was transported to the Ramsey County Law Enforcement Center and booked for Gross Misdemeanor 3rd Degree DWI. 16006529