Crime & Safety
Greenwich Man Crashes Into Wall, Tells Cops: 'I Am Drunk!'
Unsteady on his feet, with a crumpled truck behind him, Lucio Rodriguez-Pentoja saw no point in lying to police.
A Greenwich man enthusiastically told police officers he was drunk after crashing his pick-up truck into a wall Wednesday.
Lucio Rodriguez-Pentoja lost control of his Ford F-150 and crashed into a retaining wall at the corner of Terrace Avenue and North Main Streets a few minutes after midnight, according to Port Chester police.
Rodriguez-Pentoja tried to make a quick getaway, but the truck was too damaged and he and a passenger were still inside when police officers pulled up.
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Officers ordered Rodriguez-Pentoja out of the car. The Greenwich man stunk of booze and was unsteady on his feet.
When police asked him if he'd been drinking, Rodriguez-Pentoja gave a surprisingly blunt and affirmative answer.
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"I am borracho!" he told the officers, using the Spanish word for intoxicated.
Rodriguez-Pentoja, of Spruce Street in Greenwich, was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. His pick-up truck was towed from the crash scene.
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