ST. GEORGE — On a rainy Tuesday night, a 53-year-old Nevada man was arrested on charges of failure to stay in one lane and driving under the influence after he wrecked his vehicle on Bluff Street.
At approximately 8:25 p.m. Tuesday, St. George Police Officer Jared Carlson was traveling southbound on North Bluff Street when he observed a gray Honda SUV traveling northbound with no lights on, St. George Police Sgt. Sam Despain said. At 1300 N. Bluff St., the Honda drifted to the left and hit the median, jumped the curb and then hit a streetlight, which caused the vehicle to roll onto its side.
The driver, David Lawson Trueblood, was identified by his Nevada driver’s license and was suspected to be under the influence of alcohol, Despain said.
“When I made contact with the driver, he smelled of alcohol and vomit,” Carlson wrote in a probable cause statement supporting Trueblood’s arrest. “The driver refused to perform the standardized field sobriety test but consented to a blood draw.”
Carlson observed that Trueblood was unable to stand on his own and had to be carried away to a patrol car, and a wheelchair had to be used to transport him once he arrived at Dixie Regional Medical Center for medical evaluation and clearance.
Trueblood admitted to drinking three beers prior to his attempt to drive home that night, according to the statement. He was later booked into the Washington County Purgatory Correctional Facility.
The southbound lane of North Bluff Street was closed, and traffic coming from Red Hills Parkway had to be redirected to go westbound onto Snow Canyon Parkway during the cleanup of the accident. No other cars were involved in the incident, Despain said. St. George Police and St. George Fire departments attended to the scene.
Trueblood was booked into the Washington County Purgatory Correctional Facility for driving under the influence of alcohol, a third-degree felony, and failure to stay in one lane, a class C misdemeanor. His bail stands at $1,750, according to court information.
His initial appearance in 5th District Court was Thursday, and he will counsel with an attorney on Dec. 15.
This report is based on preliminary information provided by law enforcement or other emergency responders and may not contain the full scope of findings.
Persons arrested or charged are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law or as otherwise decided by a trier-of-fact.
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3 beers? Pleeeeeze
He must not have had extra sugar in his KOOLAID and it made him vomit
Why does it take 3 days after incident to be reported?
There could be several reasons, Why. Sometimes it’s a matter of getting comment from authorities or other sources, sometimes court documents are not yet accessible to us, sometimes it takes time to pull it all together – when there’s a high profile developing incident, of course, we do those LIVE updating as the event unfolds.
I hope that helps and appreciate the question,
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Why did the drunk cop from Washington county and the drunk cop from Iron county
each with children in their vehicles and crashing city or county vehicles only get misdemeanors and $1500 fines while this man is charged with a felony? Why? why? why? I wonder if this man will spend longer than 15 days in jail. i bet he does! I also bet law enforcement is not even embarrassed by this. There really is them and the lesser people- us.
Heres your answer: Felony DUIs are based on prior convictions or major injury/death- not favoritism.
Okay would you believe 3 1/2 beers. LOL
I know who this guy is and he drinks like a fish!!!! This does not surprise me at all
Okay would you believe 3 and a half beers.?
Is this David Lawson Trueblood (53) from Nevada different from the David Lawson Trueboold (53) arrested on the same day from St. George?
Would be the same person. Police told our reporter that he was identified by his Nevada driver’s license, so apparently the ID he’s using is Nevada issued. But you’re right — according to the info on the sheriff’s booking page they have a St. George residential address listed for him.
He has always had a Nevada licence and a Utah residence and business licences in both places. The casinos know him well!!!
I bet he gets a harsher sentence than that cop who was 3X over the BAC limit and with kids and weapons in a taxpayer funded truck he wrecked. Wanna bet?
Your are correct I wouldn’t bet against you. They are going to lock him up