This arrest happened about a block or two from my home. Here is a report from this morning:
After the hearing Friday, Crapo said outside the Alexandria City courthouse that he had been drinking a vodka and tonic at home the night of the arrest, but couldn't sleep and so went out for a drive, according to AP.
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My local patch , along with a few other sources said that he resides On Capitol hill. From this report on December 26:
Upon encountering the driver, identified as Michael Dean Crapo with an address in Washington, DC’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, the officer detected a strong odor of alcohol on Crapo's breath “which became stronger as he spoke,” according to the criminal complaint. The officer wrote that the driver exhibited slurred speech and described the driver’s eyes as “bloodshot and watery.”
“The driver indicated that he consumed several shots of vodka hours earlier and did not consume any more alcoholic beverages since,” the officer wrote in the report.
My Neighborhood isn't exactly right around the corner from Capitol Hill. I don't believe his explanation that he could not sleep. That required him to drive from SE dc over the 14th Street bridge, down route one and then a few side streets to get to Del Ray. OR -- going over the Woodrow Wilson bridge and drive north.
I think he was meeting with someone. He was given a breathalyzer at the scene and by the time he was taken to the Police Department, his blood alcohol level
appears to have risen Police have said Crapo registered a blood alcohol level of 0.11 percent when he was pulled over early Sunday in the Washington suburb of Alexandria, Va., after running a red light. But a secondary test performed after Crapo was brought to the jailhouse -- the one that will be used in court -- registered at 0.14, nearly twice the legal limit, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the arrest. The official wasn't authorized to release information publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
From Capitol Hill to Del Ray with NO traffic lights it would take about 15 minutes to get here. He came to Del Ray as a destination, imo, as opposed to looking to get rid of insomnia. You can do a map search for Del Ray, alexandria and you can see what I mean.
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