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| Newport and Fort Thomas Police swarmed the black Volkswagen yesterday on Memorial Parkway. FTM file. |
Yesterday on Memorial Parkway a traffic stop at 8:45 a.m. caused a backup as police attempted to stop a man accused of being under the influence of heroin just outside Stardust Lane in Fort Thomas.
Fort Thomas resident Thomas McGill was arrested and charges of DUI, Improperly being on the left side of the road, Resisting Arrest, and Possession of a Controlled Substance, 1st Degree (Heroin), and Failure To Produce Insurance Card.
A witnesses called in the possible intoxicated driver.
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| Campbell County Detention Center. |
Newport Police stopped McGill near Stardust Lane on Wednesday morning, after he was observed traveling around 5 miles per hour and crossing the center line. According to police records, once McGill got out of the car – which he stopped in the roadway – he could not maintain his balance and had extremely slow speech. Also according to the citation, McGill pulled away from the officer and reached for his jacket pocket, at which time he was subdued.
Other officers from Newport and Fort Thomas Police assisted in subduing McGill who continued to struggle. In his pocket, police found what they suspected to be heroin.
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One witness described McGill not just crossing the center line, but actually driving in the wrong lane a substantial distance. According to the witness, several oncoming cars had to either stop or drive in the shoulder to avoid him. The witness first saw McGill on Memorial by the daycare. According to the witness, McGill would occasionally just stop his car, sometimes in the wrong lane. At one point, McGill almost hit two cars as they attempted to pass him – on the right, and in their own lane of traffic.
McGill is being held in the Campbell County Detention Center as he awaits a courtroom this morning.
