Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Photo Radar Van Driver busted for DUI

Arizona DUIThe driver was identified as 53-year-old Redflex employee Roderick M. Ruffin. He reportedly failed field sobriety tests and was booked and released on an extreme DUI charge.

Police in Scottsdale say they've arrested a man driving a photo-enforcement van on suspicion of drunken driving. Sgt. Mark Clark says the van owned by Scottsdale-based Redflex Traffic Systems was spotted driving erratically by a citizen Saturday evening. Clark says in a statement released Tuesday that the witness reported the driver had hit the curb twice and nearly caused a crash.

A Scottsdale officer caught up with the van, saw it weaving and made a traffic stop. The driver was identified as 53-year-old Redflex employee Roderick M. Ruffin. He reportedly failed field sobriety tests and was booked and released on an extreme DUI charge.

A Redflex statement says Ruffin had undergone a background check that came back clean. He has been fired.

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