Six DUI Charges: Baldwin Borough Police Briefs (May 20-30)

DUI, Part I

On May 20 at approximately 11:02 p.m., a officer was conducting a traffic stop on Glass Run Road because a vehicle had traveled through a closed section of Glass Run. While the officer was conducting the stop, another vehicle drove through the closed section.

The officer reported that the driver of the second vehicle ignored visual and verbal commands to stop his vehicle and instead kept driving farther on Glass Run. The officer released the first vehicle and followed the second one, eventually pulling it over on Glass Run near Walton Road.

The officer reported detecting a strong odor of alcohol coming from the driver of the vehicle in question and put the driver—Joseph N. Schneider, 56, of 2810 Mellott Road in —through field-sobriety and breath-analyzer tests.

After Schneider failed a breath-analyzer test, the officer arrested him for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and took him to Jefferson Regional Medical Center for a blood test. Results of that test are pending.

DUI, Part II

On May 22 at approximately 1:10 a.m., a Baldwin Borough police officer stopped a vehicle on Cathell Road near Magnolia Drive for erratic driving and for having its license plate partially covered by a license-plate frame.

The officer reported detecting a strong odor of alcohol coming from the driver of the vehicle in question and put the driver—Wendy A. Thomas, 49, of 3301 Churchview Ave. in Baldwin—through field-sobriety tests before arresting Thomas for suspicion of DUI.

Police took her to Jefferson Regional for a blood test. Results of that test are pending.

In addition to the DUI charge, police are also charging Thomas with driving with an obscured license plate, with failure to drive on the right side of the roadway and with careless driving.

DUI, Part III

On May 24 at approximately 1:04 a.m., a Baldwin Borough police officer stopped a vehicle on Churchview near Glass Run for erratic driving.

The officer reported detecting a strong odor of alcohol coming from inside of the vehicle in question and put the driver—Vincent James Chalmers, 36, of 252 Revo Road in Baldwin—through field-sobriety tests before arresting Thomas for suspicion of DUI.

At the Baldwin police station, police reported that Chalmers began threatening the safety of one particular officer and that officer’s family, using profanity and attempting to fight the officer. Police reported that the threats against the officer and his family continued for quite a while before Chalmers failed a breath-analyzer test.

After the breath-analyzer test, Chalmers continued to threaten the officer and that officer’s family. Police eventually transported Chalmers to Allegheny County Jail. In addition to the DUI charge, he is also being charged with making terroristic threats and with careless driving.

DUI, Part IV

On May 28 at approximately 2:52 a.m., a Baldwin Borough police officer stopped a vehicle near the 3100 block of Churchview for erratic driving and for driving with only one operating headlight.

The officer reported detecting a strong odor of alcohol coming from the driver of the vehicle in question and put the driver—Robert James Preffer, 50, of Baldwin’s 1226 Pleasantvue Drive—through field-sobriety tests before arresting Preffer for suspicion of DUI.

Police took him to Jefferson Regional for a blood test. Results of that test are pending.

In addition to the DUI charge, police are also charging Preffer with failure to comply with general lighting requirements and with careless driving.

DUI, Part V

Also on May 28 at approximately 2:52 a.m., a Baldwin Borough police officer stopped a vehicle on Curry Hollow Road for erratic driving.

Through interaction with the driver of the vehicle in question—Martin Carey Long, 21, of 223 Curry Hollow Road in West Mifflin Borough—the officer determined Long to be drunk-driving and arrested him under that suspicion.

Police reported that a bag containing what is believed to be marijuana was found in Long’s possession.

Long was taken to Jefferson Regional for a blood test. Results of that test are pending.

In addition the DUI charge, police are also charging Long with possession of a controlled substance, with driving with a suspended license, with careless driving and with driving with an obstructed window.

DUI, Part VI

On May 29 at approximately 10:24 p.m., a Baldwin Borough police officer was dispatched to the 400 block of Elaine Drive for a one-vehicle accident. 

When the officer arrived on the scene, he observed a woman sitting in the driver’s seat of a vehicle wrecked into a utility pole.

The officer reported that the driver—Janet Einloth, 52, of 5327 McAnulty Road in Baldwin—appeared to be drunk. Because of possible injuries from the accident, Einloth did not go through field-sobriety tests. Police reported that she did fail a breath-analyzer test, though.

Einloth was eventually transported to Jefferson Regional for a blood test. Results of that test are pending.

Police are charging Einloth with DUI and with failure to drive on the right side of the roadway.