It is not unusual for someone stopped for speeding to suggest that police are mistaken about the speed, but rarely does someone say they were going faster than charged.
But that was what happened last week when an officer of the Commerce Police Department allegedly clocked Craig A. Mulligan, 20, of 90 Wilbanks Way, Commerce, doing 108 miles per hour on the Commerce bypass.
DUI suspect: I was going faster than that!
The report also said that when the officer got behind Mulligan’s vehicle, Mulligan stopped in the turn lane at State Street, motioned that he was going to turn right, and took off, spinning his tires.
When the officer stopped him, a chagrined Mulligan admitted that he thought the police car was his girlfriend’s car.
Asked if he’d been drinking, the report said Mulligan admitted to having “four shots and two beers” and that he admitted he probably could not successfully complete a field sobriety test.
In fact, the report suggested that the only time Mulligan appeared to be upset was at having to go through that test, during which he could not keep his balance.
On the way to the jail, the officer reported showing Mulligan his speed on the radar device, to which the suspect allegedly replied, “That’s not right. I was going a lot faster than that.”
He was charged with driving under the influence (DUI) and reckless driving.
For details of other arrests made last week by the Commerce Police Department, see the July 16 issue of The Commerce News.
When the officer stopped him, a chagrined Mulligan admitted that he thought the police car was his girlfriend’s car.
Asked if he’d been drinking, the report said Mulligan admitted to having “four shots and two beers” and that he admitted he probably could not successfully complete a field sobriety test.
In fact, the report suggested that the only time Mulligan appeared to be upset was at having to go through that test, during which he could not keep his balance.
On the way to the jail, the officer reported showing Mulligan his speed on the radar device, to which the suspect allegedly replied, “That’s not right. I was going a lot faster than that.”
He was charged with driving under the influence (DUI) and reckless driving.
For details of other arrests made last week by the Commerce Police Department, see the July 16 issue of The Commerce News.
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