Crime & Safety
Drunken Driver Mistook Driveway for Road: Police
Lower Saucon Township Police say Brenda Anema, of the 4100 block of Countryside Lane, drove 'straight into' a yard when she mistook a private driveway for Buttermilk Road.
A Lower Saucon Township woman was arrested for DUI, after police said she mistook a private driveway in the 4300 block of Lower Saucon Road for the turnoff to Buttermilk Road and drove "straight into the yard."
In a news release, township police said Brenda Anema, of the 4100 block of Countryside Lane, was first observed driving "all over the road" by an officer on patrol near the I-78 overpass on Applebutter Road.
As the officer followed her, police said he observed Anema fail to stop at a stop sign at Applebutter and Lower Saucon roads.
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The officer was following Anema to a location where it would be safe to pull her over when she allegedly mistook the driveway on Lower Saucon Road for Buttermilk, according to the news release, which indicated that Anema failed all field sobriety tests once contact was made with her.
Police added that Anema's blood alcohol content (BAC) was determined to be .22 percent.
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According to police, she was stopped May 2 at 11:35 p.m.
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