A Chapel Hill man had a pretty bad day recently, which ended with him showing up on three police reports within 24 hours: Twice as an arrestee, and once as a complainant.
On March 5th, 53-year-old David Patillo was arrested for driving while impaired on Franklin Street near Estes Drive, shortly after 1 a.m. Patillo blew a .2 on his breathalyzer test.
According to Lt. Josh Mecimore of the Chapel Hill Police Department, the arresting officer originally stopped Patillo for speeding.
He was held for four hours at Orange County Jail and released without bond.
And the story continues.
“After he was released from the jail and came to pick up his vehicle the following afternoon at four o’clock,” said Mecimore, “he was cited for urinating in public, in the front parking lot of the police department.”
That was just uncalled-for.
“We have bathrooms inside,” said Mecimore.
Unfortunately for Patillo, after he was released, again, from custody, he soon found that he had a new priority No. 1 at the police station: Asking the officers for help.
“He was later the complainant in an automobile theft, where he couldn’t locate his vehicle,” said Mecimore. “It was last parked on the side of the road on Deming Road.”
The missing car is a 2001 red Mercury Sable, with the license plate CJL2622.
If you see it around town, please report it to the Chapel Hill police, and help out a guy who had a really bad day.
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