Police detained a Northville couple after a wife who drove to pick up her young son when her husband was stopped for drunken driving showed up even more intoxicated than he was, police alleged.
"I've never seen it happen like that to the same family in one situation," said Ypsilanti Police Sgt. Kevin Dorsey. "They made their bed. She had been drinking too."
The couple was jailed late Saturday and their children, a 12-year-old boy who had been travelling with his father and a 9-year-old girl who had been in the car with her mother, were released to a relative. Police declined to give the names of the suspects, who have been released. The incident has been referred to the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office. Charges could come later this week, said Steven J. Hiller, an assistant prosecutor.
A police report said the man was pulled over when an officer said he saw a Jeep run a traffic light at North Prospect and Cross Street shortly before 11:30 p.m. Saturday. The driver appeared intoxicated, and a breath test indicated he had an alcohol level of 0.11, well over the 0.08 legal limit, Dorsey said. Officers said they allowed the 12-year-old to telephone home for a ride, but when mom showed up in her Chrysler PT Cruiser, she too appeared to be drunk, police said. She told officers she'd drank some wine and became combative when she tried to leave the scene, police said.
Police said a breath test indicated her alcohol level was 0.13.
"We were going to turn the kids over to mom, but she was intoxicated too," Dorsey said. "She drew a lot of attention to herself."
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