GP Police Assisted Troopers in Arresting Impaired Driver in the Redwood Area
Grants Pass Police assisted the Oregon State Police in arresting an impaired driver in the Redwood area yesterday.
According to the Police Department, state troopers in an unmarked patrol car pulled over a vehicle driven by 27-year-old Chandler Lee Menke for a traffic violation on Redwood Avenue near Annabelle Lane around 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Police said Menke displayed numerous indicators of impairment and performed poorly in field sobriety tests. They said he refused to provide a breath sample, so a search warrant was obtained and he was taken to Three Rivers Medical Center for a legal blood draw that documented heavy impairment.
After providing a breath sample that was nearly three times the legal driving limit, Chandler Menke was lodged at the Josephine County Jail for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol. An empty bottle of vodka was found inside his vehicle, which was impounded.
Posted on 10/27/23 11:05AM by Sam Marsh
