Around 11:40 pm on Saturday, May 22nd, Galesburg Police were dispatched to Steak N’ Shake on Henderson Street for a vehicle accident that occurred in the drive-thru. Upon arrival, GPD observed a GMC vehicle was sitting at the drive-thru window with a Ford vehicle behind it with its front bumper propped up on the back bumper of the GMC. The driver of the GMC told police she was waiting for her food when the Ford came up from behind and struck her vehicle. Police went to make contact with the driver of the Ford. The driver, 38-year old Jeramiah Howard of Galesburg was asleep behind the wheel. The vehicle was in park with the engine running and the driver-side window down. Howard spoke with a slurred speech and nearly fell over when exiting the vehicle- according to police reports. Howard admitted to drinking and a field sobriety test showed signs of impairment. He was arrested for DUI A1 and DUI A2.
Just after midnight on Saturday, May 22nd, Galesburg Police observed a Chevrolet sedan on North Henderson Street continuously crossing over traffic lines on both sides of the car while traveling northbound. Police initiated a traffic stop and made contact with the driver: 21-year old Hunter Darst of Avon. Darst was initially only going to receive a citation for no proof of insurance, but another officer noticed his passenger hide two open containers of alcohol under the passenger seat. GPD had Darst perform a field sobriety test which showed signs of impairment. When attempting to get a breath sample, Darst kept sucking on the straw of the portable breath test instrument instead of blowing into it. The device eventually gave a BAC of .200. A second breath test back at the Public Safety Building resulted in a .192 BAC. Darst was charged with DUI A1 and cited for improper lane usage and no insurance.
