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October 22, 2008
^Reporter
Statesboro man gets DUI
BY LAURA
THACKSTON
Roger Wayne Dickey, 36,
of Statesboro was arrested
Saturday, Oct. 4 after he
was found driving in the
wrong lane of traffic and
admitted to drinking eight
beers before getting behind
the wheel.
According to a Forsyth
Police Department report,
Officer Robert Devane was
patrolling South Lee Street
on Oct. 4 at 9:02 p.m. when
he saw a silver Dodge
Neon driving in the wrong
lane of traffic. The driver
was not wearing a seat belt
and was swerving in and
out of oncoming traffic. The
car came to a stop at the
Bank of America drive
thru, where the passenger
proceeded to dump liquid
onto the floorboard and
shove the cup under the
seat. The driver, Roger
Dickey, had slurred speech
and Devane could smell
alcohol coming from the
car. Dickey said he had
consumed about eight
beers. Dispatch also
informed Devane that the
suspect had warrants in
Cedartown and Lake City,
Fla. for failure to appear.
Dickey said the Dixie cup
had been full of alcohol
and was his, not the pas
senger's. The suspect was
arrested and the passenger
was released at the scene.
Maj. Perry transported
Dickey to the Monroe
County Jail, where he blew
a .132 on the breathalyzer.
While at the jail, he began
to hit his head on the wall
of the jail cell and started
bleeding. The driver said
he needed his medication
and could barely talk.
Dickey hadn't had commu
nication problems during
the traffic stop and had
shown no signs or symp
toms of any problems. The
driver admitted himself to
the Monroe County
Hospital and tested posi
tive for cocaine. After being
released from the hospital,
he was returned to the jail.
He was charged with fail
ure to maintain lane, safe
ty belt requirement, open
container, driving while
license is suspended and
DUI.
Fla. man charged with DUI
A Florida man was
arrested Sunday, Oct. 5 at
11:40 p.m. after driving
recklessly on 1-75, urinat
ing in his pants and admit
ting to police that he was
drunk.
According to a Forsyth
Police Department report,
Maj. Matt Perry was con
tacted by the Monroe
County Sheriffs
Department on Oct. 5 and
told that a tractor trailer
was following a possible
drunk driver on 1-75 north.
The driver of the tractor
trailer said they were
headed towards Forsyth
city limits and he would be
behind the suspect with
his hazard lights on. Perry
spotted the suspect a few
minutes later and caught
up with the car. The driver
was having a hard time
staying in his lane and
kept jerking the car back
into his lane each time he
drifted out of it. According
to the report, when Perry
stopped the car he immedi
ately noticed the driver,
Mark Scott Wiersma, was
intoxicated. Wiersma had a
blank stare on his face and
was looking straight
ahead. Apparently he
thought Perry was going to
come to the driver's side of
the car, because he turned
his head to that side in
anticipation, pressing his
head against the window
and trying to open the
door. Perry tapped on the
glass and told Wiersma to
look at him, but he seemed
unaware of his presence.
Perry asked when he had
consumed his last drink,
but Weirsma denied drink
ing at all. He was so
impaired that he had to
perform field sobriety tests
several times and couldn't
follow directions. Perry was
unable to get past the
instructional part of the
test because Weirsma was
incredibly off balance and
nearly fell over on several
occasions. The driver uri
nated in his pants during
the test and Perry decided
to stop testing for safety
reasons . The driver said
he knew he had lied earlier
and admitted he was
drunk. Weirsma said it was
a natural reaction not to
tell the truth. He was
arrested for driving under
the influence and given a
preliminary breath test,
which tested positive for
alcohol. A Diet Coke can
full of gin was found in the
center console of the car.
Wiersma was taken to the
Monroe County Jail, where
he blew a .193 during a
breathalyzer test. He was
charged with DUI, failure
to maintain lane and open
container violation.
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