BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania — A former Easton police
officer who resigned after two drunkenness citations is now charged with
passing out at the wheel of his car.
Former Easton officer John Zielinski has waived his
right Monday to a preliminary hearing.
Defense lawyer Alexander Ward tells The (Easton)
Express-Times (http://goo.gl/R8m9w5 ) that he hopes to resolve the case through
pretrial probation.
The 47-year-old Zielinski was charged with drunken
driving and resisting arrest in April after police found his car partially
blocking a highway in Bethlehem at 2 a.m.
Authorities say his blood-alcohol content was .26,
nearly four times the legal limit for drivers.
Zielinski resigned from the Easton force in 2008 after
two public drunkenness citations. The newspaper says he unsuccessfully sued
over one of the arrests.
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