<body><div><p><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=07BY6Q_0qZzrqUK00" style="display:none" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=07BY6Q_0qZzrqUK00" width="775" height="425" ></p><p> TROY (WWJ) — Two drivers are in trouble with the law after being caught driving drunk in Troy on their way home from Christmas parties last month. </p><p> A 31-year-old Taylor woman and a 34-year-old New Baltimore man were arrested in separate incidents near I-75 and Big Beaver Road the week before Christmas, Troy police officials said in a report Thursday. </p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="https://omny.fm/shows/wwjam-on-demand/eastpointe-man-faces-drunk-driving-charges-related/embed?style=cover&amp;size=square" style="width:100%; height:220px; overflow:hidden; margin-top: 1.25rem;"></iframe><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> Around 10:45 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14 Troy police were called to the area of Big Beaver and northbound I-75 to do a welfare check after a passerby spotted the driver of Chrysler 200 slumped over the wheel. </p><p> When officers showed up they found the driver asleep, with the car still running and in drive. When officers woke the New Baltimore man, they noticed he smelled of alcohol. </p><p> He told police he was on his way home from a company Christmas party and he believed he was currently in Auburn Hills, according to police. </p><p> The driver was taken to the Troy Police Lock-Up after failing multiple field sobriety tests and refusing to take a preliminary breath test. Chemical breath tests at the facility came back with results of .139%. and .137%. He was issued a citation for operating while intoxicated and preliminary breath test refusal. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> A little more than 24 hours later, the Taylor woman was busted for drunk driving in the area. Around 2 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16 Troy officers were called to the Big Beaver on-ramp to southbound I-75 after a caller reported seeing an SUV in the ditch. </p><p> When officers showed up they found a 2020 Jeep Compass halfway down the ditch, where it was missing a tire and had “significant damage.” Officers spoke with woman, who said she was coming from a Christmas party and that she was not injured by the crash. </p><p> She also failed multiple sobriety tests and refused to take a breathalyzer. Once at the Troy Police Lock-Up she had two chemical breath test results of .17%. She was issued a citation for operating with a BAC of .17% or more and PBT refusal. </p><p> Neither driver's name has been released. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="https://omny.fm/shows/wwjam-on-demand/macomb-county-man-arrested-for-assaulting-handcuff/embed?style=cover&amp;size=square" style="width:100%; height:220px; overflow:hidden; margin-top: 1.25rem;"></iframe></div></body>

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A 31-year-old Taylor woman and a 34-year-old New Baltimore man were arrested in separate drunk driving incidents near I-75 and Big Beaver Road the week before Christmas, Troy police officials said in a report Thursday.