Intoxicated Man Arrested Sunday For His Own Safety

ON SUNDAY, NEWPORT POLICE OFFICER JORDAN DOUGLAS RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF AN INTOXICATED MALE HANGING AROUND A PROPERTY ON MULBERRY AVENUE. UPON ARRIVAL THE OFFICER FOUND MICHAEL REID SITTING ON THE SIDEWALK. AS THE SUBJECT STOOD, THE OFFICER NOTICED REID WAS VERY UNSTEADY ON HIS FEET, HAD A STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOL AND SLURRED SPEECH. THE SUBJECT WAS ARRESTED FOR HIS OWN SAFETY.