Boy Scouts help capture suspected drunk driver

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Monday, November 19, 2007

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By CARLOS VILLATORO
Napa Valley Register

Napa Police were busy over the weekend dealing with suspected drunk drivers, including one driver who was kept busy by Boy Scouts who fed him a hot dog while waiting for police to show up

.On Friday afternoon police arrested Armando Romero, 23, on suspicion of DUI shortly after he plowed into barricades set up for a Boy Scouts hot dog sale at the Family Drug parking lot on Old Sonoma Road.

Police said that Romero entered the parking lot, narrowly missed several parked cars and hit the barriers. Romero stopped his vehicle and two witnesses took the keys from the car.

The Boy Scouts gave Romero a hot dog to keep him occupied until police arrived on the scene. No one was injured and police determined that Romero was DUI and took him into custody without incident.

On Saturday at 11:20 a.m., Eduardo Marquez, a resident of San Antonio, Texas, who was visiting Napa, was at the Napa Firefighters Museum parking lot on Main Street and was exhibiting signs of DUI, according to police. Officers arrived on the scene and arrested him on suspicion of DUI.

Earlier, at 9 a.m., Paul Otterman, 49, of Napa, was stopped while driving erratically on Lincoln Avenue near Silverado Trail and the officer arrested him on suspicion of DUI according to the Napa Police Department.

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