GP Police Nabbed Motorist for DUII after Christmas Night Stop on SW L Street
Grants Pass Police arrested a motorist for impaired driving on Christmas after he was observed committing multiple traffic violations on the west side of the city.
According to the Police Department, officers pulled over a Ford pickup driven by 32-year-old Kyle Christopher Dovel near the corner of SW 5th and L streets on Monday shortly after 9 p.m..
Police said Dovel was the subject of citizen complaints about an erratic motorist who spun out into someone's yard, ran through several stop signs and nearly hit some other vehicles. One citizen followed the suspect vehicle and copied down the license plate so officers were able to track it to his home on SW L Street.
Dovel was contacted on the front porch of his residence where he showed several signs of impairment. He refused to participate in field sobriety tests, so a search warrant was obtained from an on-call judge and he was taken to Three Rivers Medical Center for a legal blood draw that documented his impairment.
