A man was arrested after he breached a gated fence at a UPS employee checkpoint at Louisville Muhmmad Ali International Airport late Sunday night.
It happened just before midnight at an employee checkpoint on Grade Lane, according to court documents. That is when officers with Louisville Airport Police responded to reports that someone had driven through the fence and onto Ramp 9, “where he was driving out of control and struck two tug vehicles occupied by one UPS employee, causing damage to both vehicles.”
Police said the suspect, 30-year-old Vladimir Leyva Santos, doesn’t speak English and a UPS employee helped police with the language barrier. Santos appeared “extremely intoxicated” and was “unable to stand without assistance” according to the arrest slip.
Police said the interpreter told them Santos admitted to drinking “about a liter of an alcoholic beverage” and said “just kill me” several times before he was helped into a police cruiser where he passed out after vomiting.
Police said he blew a .159 on a portable breathalyzer test about 40 minutes after he was taken into custody.
Santos is facing several charges including: wanton endangerment, criminal trespassing, criminal mischief, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, operating a motor vehicle with expired operators license, and leaving the scene of an accident without rendering aid or assistance.
He is being held at Louisville Metro Corrections until his scheduled court appearance on December 20.
Source: WDRB
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