Wheel Chair DUI

Believe it or not it has been reported that a man on his way out on a wheel chair.  On his way to get a prescription filled was, cited for a DUI for operating a motorized wheelchair in a grocery store. 

 

 
CONYERS, Ga. (AP) – A Conyers man has been accused of DUI and public drunkenness while operating a motorized wheelchair inside a grocery store.Multiple media outlets are reporting that 48-year-old Danny W. Mitchell was cited Friday at a Kroger supermarket.

According to an incident report, Conyers police who were called to the scene found a disheveled Mitchell backing into the building and driving over plants. Mitchell was cited after he submitted to a breath test. The results of the test were redacted from the incident report.

Police say Mitchell told officers that he had taken the anti-anxiety medication Valium, the anti-depressant trazadone and had drunk a pint of alcohol.

Mitchell told WSB-TV on Tuesday that he can barely walk and was at the grocery store Friday to get a prescription filled.