A Gwinnett County Sheriff’s deputy is on administrative leave following a June 26 arrest for driving under the influence.
A Gwinnett County Police officer stopped Melvin Robinson Jr., 40, of Dacula, on Fence Road near Highway 316 after observing Robinson driving well below the posted limit, weaving, crossing a solid white line and nearly striking a curb.
According to the police report, a caller reported seeing a black GMC Denali drive in a circle on I-85 northbound, north of Pleasant Hill Road. The caller advised the vehicle was traveling very slowly and weaving “all over the road.” The caller provided police with the vehicle tag number. The tag number returned to a vehicle registered to Robinson. After seeing Robinson’s address on the registration information, a GCPD officer headed towards Dacula where he located the vehicle and conducted the traffic stop after observing Robinson’s driving.
When asked for his license, Robinson reportedly advised that he was a deputy and, when confronted about his driving, denied that he had been driving abnormally. In his report, the GCPD officer noted he could smell a “strong odor of alcoholic beverage coming from the driver.”
Robinson initially denied having anything to drink, but, according to the report, later admitted having one beer. When the GCPD officer asked Robinson if he was willing to undergo standardized field sobriety tests, Robinson allegedly replied, “Come on man” to which the officer replied, “If you really work for Gwinnett County, you know how we operate. There ain’t no ‘come on man’ in Gwinnett County.”
As a result of the field sobriety tests, the officer determined Robinson had been driving under the influence. An alco-sensor evaluation also indicated the presence of alcohol in Robinson’s system.
Robinson was placed under arrest and transported to the Gwinnett County Detention Center. The results of the state administered breath test indicated Robinson’s blood alcohol level was .167. Robinson was cited for DUI and failure to maintain lane.
According to Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Stacey Bourbonnais, Robinson has been placed in a non-law enforcement capacity pending an internal investigation.
I stated I thought you were narrow minded based on your beliefs in the zero tolerance policy. You tried to equate my comment to the alleged drunk driver. I’m not sure how you managed the two since I made separate post. I choose not to drink. I don’t chastise others if they choose to do so. I don’t hang out with people or in places where people who drink too much frequent. If I left an establishment and witnessed a person displaying signs of impaired motor skills getting ready to drive, or driving, I would alert Law Enforcement so they could make the determination. Another example of failed zero tolerance would be the “legal limit of Blood Alcohol Content, or B.A.C” in GA. To say that every single person is too impaired with a .08 BAC is asinine. This is why Officers perform additional tests to help make a decision on whether a person is impaired and do not rely on a zero tolerance policy when using the alco-sensors. A 300 LB man can easily have a BAC of .08 and not have impairment while a 100 LB young girl would be quite impaired.
Hey, If your comment is,"Blah Blah Blah, you are SOOOOOOO boring!", THEN WHY Jeff DO YOU KEEP READING AND COMMENTING ON MY POST? LOL!!! You make me giggle out loud!!!!! Be nice now!!! Now I know why I post because sometime is it just so darn funny!!!
While I went to public schools all my life and turned out pretty well if I say so myself, public schools are no longer the same. Many reasons for this but I won't get into that. (Zero Tolerance) I will say that generally speaking, Private Schools are not dumping grounds for kids who couldn't make it in public schools. Private schools have more involved parents since they are spending thousands of dollars to send their kids to school their while they continue to pay taxes to support the failed public school system. They pick and choose who can attend there and aren't held to quotas. Students are disciplined and have real consequences for bad grades, poor decisions, etc. including and up to being kicked out. Try kicking a child out of public school because they are choosing to not do their work. It doesn't happen. They simply state that the Teacher must not be providing the information properly for that specific student to understand. Like the non-English speaking students that are shoved into classes today and it's the teacher's responsibility to alter his/her courses to meet the needs of the student instead of the student meeting the need of the class