| 29 June 2010
"You have the right to remain silent..."
9 & 10 News out of the Cadillac-Traverse City region of northern Michigan has the police dashboard recording of Tom Lewand's drunk driving arrest. (Click here for the video)
What's my amateur analysis? Lewand was hammered.
The Detroit Free Press has seen the entire dashboard cam video, which is 20 minutes in total, and has a full play by play breakdown. (The Freep also has the entire arrest video up, click here if you got 20+ minutes to kill. Mlive has the video up as well.)
It also turns out Lewand has been dealing with an alcohol problem for quite some time. An unnamed source told the Freep Lewand "had been in treatment for alcohol abuse for several months."
From watching 9 & 10 News' video of the arrest, edited down to 1:50, Lewand's SUV was visibly weaving going down the road. There's no problem with his being pulled over, despite talk the Roscommon Sheriff's Department is a little overzealous in patrolling the bars in the area (as mentioned in the above linked Freep article). It was obvious during sobriety tests Lewand was heavily intoxicated. He originally denies drinking, and the sheriff has issues with Lewand not wanting to take a breathalyzer test. Lewand finally acquiesces.
The clip ends with Lewand being handcuffed, and led away by an occifer...uh, I mean...officer.
Two questions now come to mind. One, was Lewand drinking heavily during the Matt Millen years? It might explain the series of stupid free agent contracts the Lions handed out like so much candy. Two, did working with the idiot Millen drive Lewand to drink?
OK, I admit I'm being half serious....but be honest, as the details of Lewand's adventures in northern Michigan trickle out, it has you wondering, doesn't it?
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