LIVERMORE FALLS — A Jay man faces a drunken-driving charge after police were alerted to be on the lookout for car a that was being driven erratically on Route 4 in the Turner and Livermore area on Wednesday afternoon.
Androscoggin County Sheriff’s dispatchers asked Livermore Falls police to watch for a red Buick with Alabama license plates after it was reported to have hit a snowbank and then nearly struck an oncoming vehicle, Livermore Falls police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Thursday.
Police located the car at about 5:30 p.m. at Cumberland Farms in Livermore Falls.
Officer Steve Allen arrested Jose Amos Madez, 42, on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol and issued him a summons on a charge of operating after suspension of his license, Steward said.
Madez is also known as Jose Delgado, he said.
Madez posted $560 cash bail and was released from the Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn Wednesday night. He is scheduled to appear in Lewiston District Court on March 10.
dperry@sunjournal.com
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