DWI Hit Parade!

BARRINGTON — The Barrington police say that the former president of the Providence firefighters union demanded “professional courtesy” and help from the state police superintendent during his drunken-driving arrest.

STEPHEN DAY

From Providence Journal
Stephen T. Day, 57, was stopped on Aug. 23, after an officer saw his Audi swerving on the Wampanoag Trail.
Day performed poorly on the field-sobriety tests, the police said.
“I am getting aggravated,” Day said, according to a police report. “Where is the professional courtesy?” ….MORE

James Schlener, Photo courtesy of Express-Times
If James Schlener doesn’t kill you on the highway, will he be sober enough to put your fire out?
From Express-Times
A Bethlehem firefighter and former union official was charged Thursday night with drunken driving at the highest rate of intoxication, city police report.
James Schlener, 41, of the 600 block of Second Avenue, was arrested at 10:55 p.m. Thursday after he struck a utility pole while driving in the 1000 block of Eighth Avenue, police said.
Schlener’s blood-alcohol content was 0.256, more than triple the 0.08 threshold for penalties for most drivers, police said.
His vehicle, a 2011 Jeep Wrangler, sustained heavy front-end damage, police said. Both the Route 378 North on-ramp and one of the off-ramps at Eighth Avenue were closed more than 12 hours because of the crash.
Bethlehem officials today suspended Schlener with pay, said Joe Kelly, Bethlehem’s community and economic development director, who often acts as the city spokesman. Kelly did not know Schlener’s salary; Bethlehem Human Resources Director Kathleen Garman was not immediately available. ….MORE

From The Post Standard:
Local Teamsters executive Gary R. Staring is charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated following a Feb. 10 crash into a disabled car on James Street by a vehicle registered to the Teamsters Union. It is his second misdemeanor DWI charge in less than two years, according to court records.
When Staring, 61, executive officer of Local 317, was pulled over on Feb. 28, 2010, in Salina, he told a county sheriff’s deputy, “I am very drunk.” He made nearly the same admission to the Syracuse police officer on Feb. 10, records show.
The 2010 DWI case is ongoing in Salina Town Court, where Staring’s next court date is set for March 28. His arraignment for the Syracuse case is March 1 in city court.
Staring crashed his union-owned 2009 Mercury Mountaineer into the back of a disabled 2006 Chevrolet sedan about 10 minutes before midnight on Feb. 10 in the 900 block of James Street, according to court records. He told the arresting officer that he had a half-dozen vodka drinks in Armory Square before the crash. During ….MORE