Two drivers were arrested on DUI charges following separate incidents in Portland during the overnight hours of Nov. 6, including a wrong-way driver on Highway 109 and another driver who struck a light pole and mailbox.
According to the Portland Police Department, officers first encountered a vehicle traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Highway 109 North.
Officers stopped the vehicle and identified the driver as Edwin Chacon Pleitez. Police said they detected the smell of alcohol and observed signs of impairment. Officers also found five empty beer cans and one cold, unopened beer can inside the vehicle.
Pleitez agreed to a blood draw to determine his blood alcohol concentration. He was later taken to the Sumner County Jail and charged with DUI second offense and violation of lane law.
In a separate incident, officers patrolling a Portland neighborhood discovered a damaged light pole lying across the roadway and vehicle debris nearby.
Police contacted residents and obtained surveillance footage showing a vehicle hitting the light pole and continuing through the neighborhood. Additional footage showed the vehicle driving erratically before striking a residential mailbox farther down the street.
Investigators identified the driver as Ellisa Hargrove, who lives in the neighborhood. Police said her vehicle had recent damage consistent with the two collisions, and debris recovered at both locations was consistent with her vehicle.
Hargrove declined to consent to a blood draw, so officers obtained a search warrant to collect a blood sample.
She was transported to the Sumner County Jail and charged with DUI, violation of the implied consent law and leaving the scene of an accident.
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