Staff Reports
Friday, July 25, 2014 11:58 am
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EAST ROCHESTER - A Lebanon man was arrested for drunken driving on Thursday night after he allegedly left the scene of an accident and was tracked down by a Rocheser K9 unit in a wooded area of South Lebanon.
Daniel Casey, 41, of River Road in Lebanon, was charged with misdemeanor DUI and conduct after an accident.
Police say they got the call around 9 p.m. and upon arrival at the scene on Main Street, learned that a Toyota Tercel had failed to negotiate the corner, left the roadway and struck the guide wire for a utility pole.
Bystanders said the occupant of the vehicle fled on foot before police arrived.
Officer Mackenzie and his K-9 partner, Daisy, were able to track Casey to a wooded area of Lebanon where he was taken into custody. Casey was transported to Frisbie Memorial Hospital by EMS for what were described as nonlife-threatening injuries.
The vehicle suffered extensive front-end damaged and was towed.
Casey was released on $2,500 personal recognizance bail with an arraignment scheduled next month in Rochester District Court.