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Editor: Bob Battle
Profession: DUI Defense Lawyer

Category: DUI DUIrony

The Morning Call reports that a police officer from Freemansburg, Pennsylvania is to face charges of drunken driving in the court of Northampton Count, Pennsylvania. On Monday, March 3, 32-year-old Kevin Kovalovsky, waived his right to preliminary hearing before District Judge Adrianne Masut.

According to Pennsylvania state police, when he was found on December 15 in Bushkill Township, stopped on the side of the road, Kovalovsky's blood-alcohol content was over three times the legal limit. Borough officials said last month that Kovalovsky had been given a 25-day suspension without pay.

Police said that Kovalovsky, a native of Bethlehem Township, is facing two counts of drunken driving. Court documents say that his blood-alcohol content was 0.277 percent.

On the day of the incident, Kovalovsky was found shortly after 2:30 a.m. alone in his car by police. He told a state trooper that he had hit a parked car and police said that there was front-end damage on his car. He was charged with hitting a parked car and leaving the scene hours before being found by state police.