Crime & Safety

Stamford Man Found Slumped Behind Wheel in Port Chester

Police officers had difficulty waking 52-year-old Daniel Sylvester when they found him passed out in his car on Midland Avenue Saturday night.

Behind the wheel of a car in traffic on Midland Avenue. A perfectly reasonable place to take a nap, isn't it?

A Stamford man tried to dodge a DWI charge on Saturday night by telling police he was "just sleepy and tired" and not drunk when he decided a traffic lane was a suitable place for some shuteye and passed out behind the wheel.

Several passing drivers dialed police to report a man slumped over the steering wheel of his red Lincoln on Midland Avenue a few minutes after 11 p.m. It took arriving officers several progressively louder knocks on the driver's side window to get 52-year-old Daniel Sylvester to stir, Lt. James Ladeairous said.

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Sylvester, of Southfield Avenue in Stamford, was ticketed for crossing the street's double-yellow line and was charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor. He's due back in court this week.


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