Man in ‘Intoxicated State’ Tells Police He Crashed Car ‘Over Yonder’
The Dawsonville man reportedly walked several miles from the crash site to the Waffle House on Hamilton Mill Road.
A Dawsonville man in an apparently inebriated state initially denied drinking and driving, but later admitted he had crashed his car and left it “over yonder.” A Gwinnett County Police officer was dispatched to the Waffle House on Hamilton Mill Road in Buford on Jan. 10 in response to a report of a suspicious person. According to the caller, the suspicious person, later identified as Thedford Sudderth, 51, of Dawsonville, appeared to be intoxicated and claimed to have been in an accident. The officer asked Sudderth to step outside the restaurant and immediately noticed a strong odor of alcoholic beverage. The officer further noted that Sudderth appeared to be unsteady on his feet. “I asked him if he was involved in an auto accident since I…
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