Glenn
08-19-2008, 01:42 PM
Report shows Grady was asleep at wheel
Saturday, August 16, 2008
By Barton Deiters
The Grand Rapids Press
WYOMING -- Wyoming Police Officer Kevin Meany says when he approached a white GMC Yukon in the early hours of July 2, the driver, football standout Kevin Grady, was passed out behind the wheel with the car running and in drive. Grady was unconscious and his foot was on the brake.
Meany said he reached inside through the driver's window, put the car in park and turned off the ignition.
The car was stopped in the southbound lane of Byron Center Avenue SW, just north of 44th Street at the stoplight.
"After several attempts, Mr. Grady woke up," Meany wrote in his report, which was requested by The Press and released Friday. "(Grady) stated that he was just trying to get home."
Grady was given a breathalyzer test, which showed a blood-alcohol level of 0.281 -- more than three times Michigan's standard for drunken driving.
Grady, the former East Grand Rapids High School standout and member of the University of Michigan football team, was scheduled to be in court Thursday for a jury trail, but instead pleaded guilty on July 30 to driving while intoxicated.
A judge sentenced Grady to report for probation for 12 months -- which he also can do in Ann Arbor. He will have to pay for his own random drug and alcohol testing, will not be allowed in bars and taverns and will be fined $1,290 by Wyoming and $2,000 by the state for its Driver's Responsibility Fee.
His license is suspended for a month starting today and then it will be restricted until Feb. 11, allowing him to drive only to court-approved locations, according to the Secretary of State's office.
This was Grady's first drinking and driving offense, according to state records. He will be required to do either 24 hours of community service or spend three days in jail, and he will have to go to classes about decision-making and the impact of drunken driving.
Officer David Thompson said Grady told police he had had a "couple of shots" at Monte's Bar on Bridge Street NW.
"Mr. Grady thought he was on the East Beltline and driving home to Ada from the downtown area," Thompson wrote.
The officer also wrote that Grady was off-balance and unable to recite the alphabet, with Thompson quoting Grady as saying "O, R, S, J, L, P." Thompson said he asked for a number between 12 and 14, and Grady answered "15." And when asked whether Mickey Mouse is a dog or a cat, he answered "dog."
Grady was brought before Judge Pablo Cortes in Wyoming District Court after 9 a.m. for arraignment on July 2, but the judge found that Grady was incapable of acknowledging the charges at that time.
Grady has returned to college in Ann Arbor where he practices with the team, but football coach Rich Rodriguez recently said the junior running back has been suspended from "actual games." Rodriguez said it is possible Grady could work his way back into a playing role.
Grady was unavailable for comment.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
By Barton Deiters
The Grand Rapids Press
WYOMING -- Wyoming Police Officer Kevin Meany says when he approached a white GMC Yukon in the early hours of July 2, the driver, football standout Kevin Grady, was passed out behind the wheel with the car running and in drive. Grady was unconscious and his foot was on the brake.
Meany said he reached inside through the driver's window, put the car in park and turned off the ignition.
The car was stopped in the southbound lane of Byron Center Avenue SW, just north of 44th Street at the stoplight.
"After several attempts, Mr. Grady woke up," Meany wrote in his report, which was requested by The Press and released Friday. "(Grady) stated that he was just trying to get home."
Grady was given a breathalyzer test, which showed a blood-alcohol level of 0.281 -- more than three times Michigan's standard for drunken driving.
Grady, the former East Grand Rapids High School standout and member of the University of Michigan football team, was scheduled to be in court Thursday for a jury trail, but instead pleaded guilty on July 30 to driving while intoxicated.
A judge sentenced Grady to report for probation for 12 months -- which he also can do in Ann Arbor. He will have to pay for his own random drug and alcohol testing, will not be allowed in bars and taverns and will be fined $1,290 by Wyoming and $2,000 by the state for its Driver's Responsibility Fee.
His license is suspended for a month starting today and then it will be restricted until Feb. 11, allowing him to drive only to court-approved locations, according to the Secretary of State's office.
This was Grady's first drinking and driving offense, according to state records. He will be required to do either 24 hours of community service or spend three days in jail, and he will have to go to classes about decision-making and the impact of drunken driving.
Officer David Thompson said Grady told police he had had a "couple of shots" at Monte's Bar on Bridge Street NW.
"Mr. Grady thought he was on the East Beltline and driving home to Ada from the downtown area," Thompson wrote.
The officer also wrote that Grady was off-balance and unable to recite the alphabet, with Thompson quoting Grady as saying "O, R, S, J, L, P." Thompson said he asked for a number between 12 and 14, and Grady answered "15." And when asked whether Mickey Mouse is a dog or a cat, he answered "dog."
Grady was brought before Judge Pablo Cortes in Wyoming District Court after 9 a.m. for arraignment on July 2, but the judge found that Grady was incapable of acknowledging the charges at that time.
Grady has returned to college in Ann Arbor where he practices with the team, but football coach Rich Rodriguez recently said the junior running back has been suspended from "actual games." Rodriguez said it is possible Grady could work his way back into a playing role.
Grady was unavailable for comment.