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Editor: Bob Battle
Profession: DUI Defense Lawyer

Category: DUI DUIrony

Here's another one for the "do as I say, not as I do" category:

Ohio's WKYC reported that a police officer in Parma Heights, Ohio has been charged with drunk driving after he crashed into his own police department's building.

According to court records, at 5:30 a.m. on December 8, Sgt. Jeff Krepina of the Parma Heights Police Department crashed his truck into the front of the police department's building. While he was driving, the truck jumped a curb and went towards the doors of the building. The truck apparently struck the building with some force, as witnesses inside the building described it as sounding like someone slamming a door.

The impact caused pieces of sandstone to be knocked from the outside of the building and smashed the fender, bumper, and grill of Krepina's truck.

According to the crash report, Krepina's blood alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit, at 0.15. He was charged with reckless driving and driving under the influence.

The previous night, Krepina was working special duty at Knockouts, a sports bar. According to police records, after work he drank at least three shots and had been using the drug Ambien, a sleep aid.