Erratic Driver Stopped at Pub, Charged with DUI Jan. 7

WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police received a report of an erratic driver in a white E350 van striking snow banks and running red lights Jan. 7 at 8 p.m., stopping it at Ollie’s Pub, 941 West Shore Road, charging the driver with DUI.

Officer Katerina Athaide followed reports from the caller, leading her to the pub in time to find the van pulling in to the establishment. Athaide identified the driver as Timothy M. Quigley, 53, of 67 Roger Williams Drive, Apt. 0292, Johnston, RI.

Athaide reported noting Quigley’s eyes were bloodshot and watery, and that he smelled of alcohol. Quigley told her he was returning from Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA where he had watched a Patriots game. Whle there, he said, he’d had two Coronas, and had bee on his way to Ollie’s for more drinks. Athaide spotted an open can of Amstel Light in the cup holder of the car console, which Quigley admitted to drinking during his drive.

Athaide asked him to perform sobriety tests, which he consented to. During the tests, he held his head in one hand to steady it during a test of his vision, and demonstrated a lack of smooth pursuit and involuntary eye movement. He also missed heel-to-toe steps and miscounted the steps during a walk and turn test put his foot down, swayed and used his arms for balance during a one-leg stand.

Athaide arrested Quigley on suspicion of DUI and transported him to Warwick Police Headquarters, 99 Veterans Memorial Drive, where he refused a breath test of his blood alcohol level. She released Quigley to a sober adult with a Third District Court summons on Feb. 6 for DUI, blood alcohol unknown, first offense.