WENGNews writes, "A NORTH PORT POLICE OFFICER ON ROUTINE PATROL CAME ACROSS A CADILLAC THAT HAD CRASHED INTO A DITCH AT CRANBERRY BOULEVARD AND VIZZA LANE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE POLICE REPORT SAYS THE OFFICER APPROACHED THE CAR WHEN THE DRIVER, 20 YEAR OLD JARED RUPPERT, GOT OUT AND WALKED TOWARDS HIM WITH A BEER. RUPERT TOLD THE OFFICER THAT HIS BRAKES HAD FAILED, AND SOMEONE ACROSS THE STREET HAD GIVEN HIM THE BEER TO CALM DOWN. THE OFFICER REPORTED THAT RUPERT SMELLED OF ALCOHOL AND WAS SLURRING HIS SPEECH, SO HE GAVE HIM FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS, WHICH HE FAILED. RUPERT WAS ARRESTED FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. HE POSTED THE $500 DOLLAR BOND AND WAS RELEASED PENDING AN APRIL 15TH ARRAIGNMENT DATE. "
