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arrest or detention situation. Each Police Use of Force Report is reviewed by patrol <br />supervisors to ensure compliance with New Brighton's Use of Force Policy. <br />YEAR <br />MONTH <br />YEAR TO DATE <br />2015 <br />3 <br />3 <br />2014 <br />2 <br />2 <br />2013 <br />5 <br />5 <br />2012 <br />3 <br />3 <br />2011 <br />8 <br />8 <br />III. TRAFFIC SAFETY <br />The following information contains summaries of significant traffic safety and traffic <br />enforcement incidents during the month. <br />On January 1St at about 10:11 a.m. Officer DeDominces was on the ramp from Cty Rd E <br />2 to southbound 35W and observed a vehicle, a 2003 Audi A6, southbound at a high rate <br />of speed. Lidar indicated that the vehicle was traveling at a speed of about 114 miles per <br />hour. The vehicle was also making numerous, quick lane changes. Officer DeDominces <br />initiated a pursuit and the vehicle attempted to flee and caught up to it at 35W and <br />Highway 280. The vehicle finally stopped at a business in the area of Broadway and <br />Industrial in Minneapolis. The Minneapolis PD and St. Anthony PD assisted in a felony <br />stop to remove the two occupants of the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle had jumped <br />into the back seat of the vehicle upon stopping. Both of the occupants were eventually <br />removed and taken into custody. The driver/suspect, identified as Shawn Violette, 28 <br />years of age from Minneapolis, who tested at a .14 alcohol content on a preliminary <br />breath test was taken to the Public Safety Center where he began acting very strangely. <br />He was transported to Regions Hospital due to a belief that he may have ingested an <br />unknown substance. He was placed in Intensive Care at Regions. The <br />passenger/suspect, who was identified as Anthony Demarais, 25 years of age from Coon <br />Rapids, was booked at the Ramsey County Law Enforcement Center on Aiding and <br />Abetting Fleeing and Felony DUI. CN 15000024. <br />On January 2nd at about 7:56 pm Officer Wakasugi observed a 1998 Saturn SL1 <br />westbound in the 2600 block of Mississippi St with no headlights activated. Officer <br />Wakasugi initiated a traffic stop in the 2200 block of Leona Drive and identified the <br />driver as Sharron Lynn Weglinski, 74 years of age from Columbia Heights. Ms. <br />Weglinski had a strong odor of alcoholic beverages and when asked for her driver's <br />license she handed over a credit card. Ms. Weglinski stated that she had a "few drinks <br />earlier". Ms. Weglinksi failed field sobriety tests including a preliminary breath test <br />that resulted in a.132 result. Ms. Weglinski was placed under arrest. A formal breath <br />test later resulted in a .12 result. Ms. Weglinski has four previous DUI convictions and a <br />driver's license restriction that any use of alcohol or drugs invalidates her license. Ms. <br />Weglinski was booked on DUI in the 4th degree and her vehicle will be forfeited. CN <br />