Off-Duty Cop Arrested For DWI After Being Found Unconscious in McDonald’s Drive-Thru
BELMONT, N.C. – An off-duty police officer is now facing serious charges after police say he was found completely unresponsive behind the wheel of his car — parked right in the drive-thru lane of a McDonald’s in Belmont.
According to the Belmont Police Department, the late-night fast-food fiasco happened around 12:30 a.m. Friday when officers were called out for a vehicle stopped in the drive-thru with a driver who wouldn’t wake up.
When they arrived at the McDonald’s at 505 N. Main Street, they allegedly found one of their own — Officer James Garland Reagan — unresponsive in the driver’s seat of his personal vehicle.
Reagan, who has worked with the department since 2014 and currently serves as a school resource officer, was reportedly subjected to a field investigation on scene. Police say that investigation led them to believe he was impaired.
Reagan was taken into custody right there at the restaurant and charged with driving while impaired.
No word yet on whether any disciplinary action will follow on the department side.
3 thoughts on “North Carolina Cop Found Asleep At McDonald’s, Busted For DWI”
Could have been much, much worse, a CSE order from Florida….
Impaired, but not intoxicated?
“Allegedly” impaired.