In what police are calling a drunken road rage incident, a 25-year-old Robbinsville man stands accused of chasing another vehicle through several municipalities while trying to run it off the road with his Ford F-150 truck on March 29. The incident, which terrified the other driver for miles, ended in the parking lot of West Manheim Elementary School, but during the event, police were inundated with 911 calls from drivers who were witnessing the 25-year-olds anger-fueled conduct in real time.
During the chase, the other driver twice pulled over to let the 25-year-old pass him, but both times he also stopped. The second time, when the unnamed man stopped in a church parking lot of Hobart Road, the 25-year-old got out of his truck and approached in a threatening manner. The man eventually ended up making a lucky turn onto Heritage Drive, which bought him a bit of time, and was able to hide behind a house.
He wasn’t alone in being shocked and frightened. the 25-year-old drove past the home several times, striking parked cars and mailboxes as he did, but other witnesses had followed the 25-year-old and were keeping police abreast of events as he went. When police finally caught up to him in the elementary school parking lot, they found him outside of the vehicle, “stumbling around” and seemingly “heavily intoxicated.” There were several open containers of alcohol in the vehicle.
Police say the 25-year-old failed field sobriety tests and refused blood or breath testing. He’s facing a litany of charges, including stalking, reckless endangerment, DWI, reckless driving, careless driving, tailgating, passing illegally, two counts of harassment, three counts of hit and run, and one count of having an open container in his vehicle. He’s currently free of $25,000 bail.
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