X1965ChainImmigrants
12-11-2003, 10:39 PM
I hope you can appreciate how they don't wish to show us Leon Otis' photo. You may be sure, however, that he was a White man in a White van.
http://www.thejournalnet.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=113&ArticleID=40383
Driver caught cruising in county on three wheels
Dec. 11, 2003
Indiana State Trooper Kelly Lazzell had no trouble finding a suspected drunken driver Wednesday morning on Interstate 65.
High speed wasn’t the issue. The 2002 Ford Taurus was moving no faster than 50 mph as it passed the Greenwood exit.
The car was missing its right front wheel, however, and dragging its undercarriage as it careened down the southbound lanes around 6 a.m.
“He was blocking traffic from left to right, couldn’t even keep it between the lanes,” Lazzell said. “Of course, I pull him over, and right there on the front seat is a big bud of marijuana.”
Leon Otis Williams, 47, was arrested on preliminary charges of driving while intoxicated and possession of marijuana. A test at the Johnson County jail indicated a blood-alcohol level of 0.15, nearly twice the legal limit.
Williams recently moved to Indianapolis’ west side from Omaha, Neb., he told Lazzell. He said he had been out celebrating the move when he got lost on his way home and then had to stop for a flat tire.
“He said he couldn’t get it changed, and he just decided to drive on,” Lazzell said. “He needed to get home.”
Williams apparently missed his exit at Rockville Road, however. A Federal Express driver called police after spotting the three-wheeled car on Interstate 465 on the southwest side, near Harding Street. The FedEx driver continued to track the vehicle as it headed south on I-65.
Lazzell said the car had other damage that suggested the wheel came off in a crash. Troopers in Marion County planned to look for the missing wheel or any related damage along the highway, he said.
Although the incident provided some amusement, given that no one apparently was injured, Lazzell said it illustrates the reality that drunken drivers may be still be on the road in the morning, when other drivers are just starting their day. He made another drunken-driving arrest on I-65 about 6 a.m. Sunday.
“I would encourage people, anytime they get something like that, to call us immediately,” Lazzell said.
http://www.thejournalnet.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=113&ArticleID=40383
Driver caught cruising in county on three wheels
Dec. 11, 2003
Indiana State Trooper Kelly Lazzell had no trouble finding a suspected drunken driver Wednesday morning on Interstate 65.
High speed wasn’t the issue. The 2002 Ford Taurus was moving no faster than 50 mph as it passed the Greenwood exit.
The car was missing its right front wheel, however, and dragging its undercarriage as it careened down the southbound lanes around 6 a.m.
“He was blocking traffic from left to right, couldn’t even keep it between the lanes,” Lazzell said. “Of course, I pull him over, and right there on the front seat is a big bud of marijuana.”
Leon Otis Williams, 47, was arrested on preliminary charges of driving while intoxicated and possession of marijuana. A test at the Johnson County jail indicated a blood-alcohol level of 0.15, nearly twice the legal limit.
Williams recently moved to Indianapolis’ west side from Omaha, Neb., he told Lazzell. He said he had been out celebrating the move when he got lost on his way home and then had to stop for a flat tire.
“He said he couldn’t get it changed, and he just decided to drive on,” Lazzell said. “He needed to get home.”
Williams apparently missed his exit at Rockville Road, however. A Federal Express driver called police after spotting the three-wheeled car on Interstate 465 on the southwest side, near Harding Street. The FedEx driver continued to track the vehicle as it headed south on I-65.
Lazzell said the car had other damage that suggested the wheel came off in a crash. Troopers in Marion County planned to look for the missing wheel or any related damage along the highway, he said.
Although the incident provided some amusement, given that no one apparently was injured, Lazzell said it illustrates the reality that drunken drivers may be still be on the road in the morning, when other drivers are just starting their day. He made another drunken-driving arrest on I-65 about 6 a.m. Sunday.
“I would encourage people, anytime they get something like that, to call us immediately,” Lazzell said.