A man was charged with driving while impaired and other offenses after police said he backed into an occupied vehicle unprovoked, fled the scene and was later tasered.
An incident report from the Greenville Police Department said that at 3:55 p.m. April 27, officers responded to the intersection of 10th Street and South Memorial Drive. A spokeswoman for the department said that a motorist had backed into a vehicle multiple times before he exited his own vehicle and left the area on foot.
Court documents said the driver dented and cracked the other vehicle’s front bumper, causing damage valued at less than $200.
The spokeswoman said as the suspect walked away, he was seen hitting vehicles with his hand and that he approached other drivers to ask for a lighter. He then ran away.
Officers used city cameras and witness descriptions to identify the suspect as Ashauni Hanson, 23, of 1307 Cotanche St., Greenville. They located him a short time later on Line Avenue, where he charged police and was subsequently tased. He was taken to ECU Health Medical Center via ambulance to be evaluated.
Officers rode with Hanson on the way to the hospital, where the spokeswoman said he continuously tried to get out of his seatbelt and at one point licked an officer who secured him in the seat.
Hanson had pinpoint pupils, court documents said, along with red, glassy eyes and slurred speech. A blood test was conducted to check for impairment. He was released from the hospital later in the evening and officers charged him with injury to personal property, hit and run leave the scene and driving while impaired.
The arrest was one of 15 recorded in Pitt County court documents between April 20-29. Those documents in the other 14 reports contain the following details and allegations:
Robert Mark Alberoni II, 41, of 3720 Bostic Drive, Greenville, was stopped by Greenville police at about 2 a.m. April 29, at the intersection of East Fifth Street and South Elm Street. Alberoni had been kicked out of a bar earlier in the night for intoxication. He had red, glassy eyes, slurred his speech and was unsteady on his feet. He refused all field tests and had a blood alcohol content of .19.Kyle Lorenzo Bonelli, 36, of 1015 Riverside Drive, Grifton, was stopped by Winterville police about 11:50 p.m. April 22 on an unspecified stretch of N.C. 11 after he failed to maintain lane control and ran a red light. Bonelli looked disheveled with a relaxed face and watery eyes. An odor of alcohol was present when he spoke and he slurred his speech. His blood alcohol content was .10.Quincy Maurice Cooper, 46, of 4529 Martin Circle, Ayden, was stopped by the State Highway Patrol about 11:50 p.m. April 26, on an unspecified stretch of Old N.C. 11 after his vehicle passed left of the center line three times. Cooper told police he had consumed alcohol before driving and fell off balance during a field sobriety test. He had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath. His blood alcohol content was .12.James Anthony Elrod, 37, of 9233 West N.C. 55, Dover, rear-ended a Greenville Police Department traffic patrol vehicle about 12:25 p.m. April 29 on Moye Boulevard. Elrod had difficulty remembering details of the collision and had slurred speech. His blood alcohol content was not available. Elrod has a prior impaired driving conviction from 2018.Mike Coy Hendricks, 31, of 304 Fun Road, Whitakers, was stopped by the State Highway Patrol at 9:28 p.m. April 28 on U.S. 13 near House Road. Hendricks drove his vehicle on the wrong side of the highway and told police he had drank shots of tequila before driving. He had red, glassy eyes, and odor of alcohol on his person, lacked balance and slurred his speech. His blood alcohol content was .12.James Christian Lillich, 30, of 940 Spring Forest Road, Greenville, at 3:14 a.m. April 27 crashed into a street sign and front lawn of a residence in the 500 block of Spring Forest Road. Greenville police responded. He had red, glassy eyes and field tests showed signs of impairment. His blood alcohol content was .14.Myron Randall Little, 36, of 4181 E. Pine St., Farmville, was stopped by Winterville police about 1:45 a.m. April 28 on Davenport Farm Road. He had slurred speech, bloodshot eyes and an odor of alcohol on his breath. An open container of alcohol was located in his vehicle. His blood alcohol content was .12.Courtney Rose Mack, 24, of 108 Blue State St., Darlington, South Carolina, was stopped by Greenville police at 1:35 a.m. April 27, for driving the wrong way on the one way street area of Cotanche and East Fourth streets, twice. Mack had red, glassy eyes and a strong odor of alcohol on her person. A blood alcohol test was not ready at press time.Larry Darnell Reaves, 37, of 202 Mill St., Robersonville, was found by the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office about 5:45 a.m. April 20, asleep behind the wheel on Staton Mill Road. Reaves had an odor of alcohol on his person, red, glassy eyes and slurred speech. He refused a blood alcohol test.Juankesta Jamell Staton, 43, of 1211 Davenport St., Greenville, was involved in a near collision about 2:30 a.m. April 27, on an unspecified stretch of N.C. 11. Staton almost struck two Winterville Police Department police vehicles engaged in a traffic stop. He had an odor of alcohol on his breath. His blood alcohol content was not available.Christopher Daniel Trast, 60, of 4064 West Ave., Ayden, was stopped by Farmville police at 11:29 p.m. April 27, on West Wilson Street near May Boulevard. Trast drove left of the center line and merged into a far opposite lane of the road without using a turn signal. He was slow to stop, eventually coming to a rest about a mile after officers activated their lights. He swerved through the two northbound lanes in the course of the stop. He had a heavy odor of alcohol on his person and could not perform field tests. He also refused a blood alcohol test.Kenneth Earl Turner, 26, of 5854 White Line Road, Ayden, was involved in a single-car wreck at 3:38 a.m. April 23, on an unspecified area of County Home Road. The State Highway Patrol responded. Wreck details were not available. Turner had glassy eyes and a strong odor of alcohol on his person. His blood alcohol content was .15.Ryan O’Neal Washington, 57, of 141 Rocky Run Road, Midway Park, was involved in a wreck at 4:10 p.m. April 27 on an unspecified stretch of Bell Arthur Road. The State Highway Patrol responded. Wreck details were not available. Washington admitted drinking alcohol before driving and had a moderate odor of alcohol on his person. His blood alcohol content was .08.Alisha Mone Antionette White, 33, of 190 Challis Drive, Fremont, was involved in a single-car wreck on April 20. She drove her Saturn passenger car into a ditch on N.C. 43 near Blue Bill Drive. The State Highway Patrol responded. White told a trooper she was trying to turn around when she ran into the ditch. She had a strong odor of alcohol on her person and red, glassy eyes. She slurred her speech. She refused a blood alcohol test. White has two prior impaired driving convictions from incidents in 2018 and 2023.
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