JPD arrests Webb City man with blood alcohol twice the limit after rollover crash

(From the Joplin Police Department)

Incident Spotlight

Yesterday at 5:15 p.m. we responded to a single vehicle rollover crash at Murphy Blvd and North Anderson.

The male driver ran from the vehicle into the woods before returning to the vehicle and acting like he wasn't the driver. Luckily, witnesses positively identified him as the driver that fled. The 20-year-old male driver from Webb City was arrested for DWI with a BAC of almost twice the legal limit along with minor in possession of alcohol.

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This morning at 1:17 a.m. our officers responded to Casey's General Store at 20th and Connecticut. 

A male driver who was very impaired was in the store falling over and unable to pump his own gas. Before officers could arrive he drove away eastbound. 

Officers then found the vehicle back at the store, parked at the air pump. The vehicle had extensive damage to the passenger side along with the front passenger side tire being blown and down to the rim only. The driver, a 37-year-old male from Joplin, was under the influence of prescription medication and alcohol. He was so impaired that he was adamant that his fiancee was in the store and his child was in the vehicle, even though they weren't with him. He also thought it was the weekend, not 1 a.m. Thursday morning.was in the store and his child was in the vehicle, even though they weren't with him.