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Virginia Beach Police Officer charged with DUI, hit and run
Posted on Jul 24, 2009
A Virginia Beach Police officer is in trouble with the law after hitting a car, leaving the scene of the accident, and later being stopped and found to be intoxicated. The officer, a member of the Virginia Beach Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Team – a team that focuses its efforts on drunk drivers – was charged with misdemeanor hit-and-run and drunk driving.
The hit-and-run charge was added recently to the DUI charge filed June 20. The officer, Bryan K. Womble, 36, was driving a Mitsubishi off-duty in the early hours of Saturday morning when he crashed into a Dodge Neon at the intersection of 20th Street and Pacific Avenue.
Instead of stopping, Womble continued driving and was stopped by an on-duty officer two blocks away. Womble was found to have a blood-alcohol level of 0.15, nearly twice Virginia’s legal limit of 0.08.
After his arrest he was charged with drunken driving and released on bond, but was not immediately charged with hit-and-run. According to the Chesapeake Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, this was because the amount of damage resulting from the accident had to be ascertain before a charge could be made.
Because the damage was estimated under $1,000, Womble was charged with a misdemeanor hit-and-run instead of felony hit-and-run. Until his trial, scheduled for July 27, Womble is on administrative duty. He faces up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine if convicted.
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