MPD Officer Arrested For DUI Tells Off Fellow Cops
(Memphis) An off duty Memphis Police officer was arrested
early Tuesday morning on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
Police were called to the parking lot of Tri State Bank
at 180 South Main on a complaint of a male and female fighting.
As officers pulled up, a witness said a woman had put her
hands around a man’s throat. “…as though she was strangling him.”
An officer said 25-year-old Jared Collins left the
parking lot but before punching and denting a vehicle owned by the bank. A
witness said Collins got in a Camaro and drove toward Peabody Place.
According to a police report, as officers were
investigating they noticed the woman talking on a cell phone then getting in a
Camaro that had pulled up.
An officer stopped the vehicle and said he immediately
noticed “…a strong odor of an intoxicant coming from the defendant.”
When Collins was approached, he reportedly said “I am one
of you.”
When the officer asked for clarification, Collins said he
worked at Tillman Station.
When Collins was put under arrest, a police report said
he told officers, “I am a tough son of a b****. I can kick all of your
f******a****.”
Collins, who refused all DUI tests, is charged with
driving under the influence, public intoxication, reckless driving, refusal to
submit to BAC test and vandalism of $500 or less.
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