Mentor Police arrested a man with a long rap sheet Tuesday for driving drunk near the intersection of Heisley and Hendricks roads.
Police arrested 44-year-old Thomas J. Wright at 8:46 p.m. after receiving a call from a resident, Lt. Tim Allen said. Officers observed his impaired driving for a short while before pulling him over.
"He was driving under an (Operating a Vehicle while Intoxicated) suspension at the time we stopped him," Allen said.
Wright already had seven drunken driving charges on his record. Additionally, the Mentor resident has a pending drunken driving case in Eastlake.
Wright was also charged with driving under suspension and a marked lane violation. He was arraigned Wednesday in Mentor Muncipal Court and remains in jail on a bond worth 10 percent of $33,000. His next court date is Nov. 15.
But I wound't just stop there. Anyone who lets a habitual drunk driver use their car should get in trouble too. I don't care if they took the keys and ran, unless you called the cops on them you get in trouble. Nothing changes in this country unless some really tough penalties happen. Guys like this don't care if they spend a couple months in jail.