Crime & Safety
Beer Truck Driver Charged With Drunken Driving, Drug Abuse
The information in this report is from the Solon Police. An arrest does not mean a conviction.
A beer truck driver was charged with drunken driving and drug abuse after say he nearly caused a crash pulling his truck out of a gas station on March 12.
According to the police report, the 49-year-old driver from Rome, Ohio, was pulling out of Sunmart on Aurora Road at about 3:30 a.m. on March 12. The report says the tractor trailer pulled across incoming traffic and nearly caused a crash.
Police searched the truck and found marijuana and a pipe in a cooler. He took a field sobriety test and registered a blood-alcohol rating of .137.
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The driver, David A. Shaefer, 49, was charged with drunken driving, drug abuse and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The truck was handed over to Superior Beverage, the driver's employer.
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