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Police Log – 07/03/14

July 3rd, 2014 by WCBC Radio

DUI/ Hit and Run

On July 2, 2014, officers from the Cumberland City Police Department responded to the 100 block of Blackingston Ave. for a hit and run complaint.   Officers were given a description of the suspect vehicle by the Emergency Operations Center while they were enroute.   An officer responding to the scene located the suspect vehicle on Maryland Ave. and conducted a traffic stop.  Officers contacted the operator Michael Saunders and detected a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage.  After a series of Standardized Field Sobriety Test, Saunders was placed under arrest for suspicion of DUI.   Saunders was then transported to the Cumberland City Police Department where he was charged with DUI and failing to stop for unattended property damage accident.   Saunders was released pending trail in District Court. 

 

Arrested: Michael Saunders             Age: 59                   Cumberland, MD

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