Crime & Safety
PD: 20-Year-Old Man DUI Blasts Cop With Obcenity-Laced Rant
Middletown Police say an intoxicated city man's blood alcohol levels tested at two and a half times over the legal limit.
A 20-year-old city man is facing a DUI charge after he was caught driving with a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit, according to Middletown Police.
On Aug. 20 at 11:44 p.m., Salvatore S. Rizzo of Millbrook Road was seen by an officer driving a Honda Civic erratically on Union Street with a flat tire. He then made a dangerous left turn from the right-turn-only lane and drove the wrong way on one-way Crescent Street, the report indicates.
Rizzo got out of the car, reportedly yelling, "do you know who the [expletive] I am? I'm Salvatore [expletive] Rizzo. I'm a [expletive] Rizzo! Middletown Police are a bunch of racist [expletive]s!"
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The report says once back inside his car, Rizzo continued to yell and be irate and agitated. The officer smelled alcohol and Rizzo failed a field sobriety test. His blood-alcohol levels were .2011 and .1944, the report says.
Connecticut Judicial records indicate Rizzo has pending court cases from March 31 for improper turning, possession less than a half-ounce cannabis and posession of drug paraphernalia; and from March 7, possession less than a half-ounce cannabis. He has entered not-guilty pleas for all charges.
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He was arrested for failure to drive right and driving under the influence.
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