Man faces third DUI

A Springfield resident is facing a felony drunken driving charge.

http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100802/NEWS02/708029975                   # # # # Springfield faces third DUI  •  Rutland Herald  •   Published: August 2, 2010  •  SPRINGFIELD – A Springfield resident is facing a felony drunken driving charge.  •  Michael Augustinowicz, 47, pleaded innocent recently in White River Junction District Court to a charge of drunken driving, third offense.  •  Springfield Police Cpl. Chris Norton wrote in his report that police had received a call just before 6 a.m. on July 11 reporting that Augustinowicz had allegedly been drinking and making harassing phone calls and that he was headed in his pickup into town on Parker Hill Road.  •  Norton said he positioned his cruiser in the church parking lot at the intersection with South Street so he could keep an eye on Parker Hill Road and a few minutes later “observed a vehicle matching the description and registration pull into the parking lot in front of me and stop.”  •  When Augustinowicz got out and walked around the truck, Norton walked up to him and recalled that he immediately “could smell the very strong odor of an alcoholic beverage.”  •  Norton said Augustinowicz told him he had been in Rockingham recovering the truck since it had been stolen from him earlier. Norton reported that Augustinowicz then blew a 0.145 percent blood alcohol level on a breath test before he was taken into custody without incident. The legal limit for driving in Vermont is 0.08.  •