Man stopped for OVI after brief chase

YOUNGSTOWN — Police reports said a man cited for operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol early Saturday morning registered a blood alcohol content more than three times the legal limit.

Officer Matthew Hassey was responding to another call about 2:30 Saturday when he saw a car make a wide turn at North Garland Avenue and Oak Street. Hassey followed the car to the Madison Avenue Expressway, lost it for a brief time then saw a car with no lights that matched the description of the car he was looking for on the eastbound service road at Wick Avenue.

Reports said the car was driven by Michael Miles, 45, of West Palm Beach, Fla., and he smelled heavily of alcohol when he was pulled over.

Reports said he told police he kept the lights of the car turned off because he was in a dangerous neighborhood, admitted to drinking five beers and told police to stop administering a field sobriety test because he was drunk.

He was taken to the police station where he agreed to take a breath test and registered a .232, reports said. The legal limit in Ohio is .08. Miles was given a citation and then driven to his parents’ house.