CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A Lyons man was arrested after allegedly drunk driving with his car hood up, blocking his entire windshield, Saturday morning in west suburban Riverside.
Marley Aleman, 24, was charged with drunk driving, transporting open containers of alcohol, improper operation of a motor vehicle and driving off the road, according to a statement from Riverside police chief Tom Weitzel.
The officer pulled Aleman over at First Avenue and 31st Street, police said. When ordered to step out of the vehicle, he fell to the ground.
Aleman then got "verbally combative" with the officer and was arrested after failing a roadside sobriety test, police said. It took until 10 a.m. to book him because of how drunk he was.
"This is one of the most egregious drunk driving arrests our agency has ever made," Weitzel said in the statement. "The fact that he continued to drive with the hood up just demonstrates the clear severe impairment that Mr. Aleman was under."
Though the Honda's front end was notably damaged, there weren't any hit-and-run reports in the area, police said. Officers are investigating how the vehicle became dinged.
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