Police use PIT maneuver to stop possible drunk driver

Police use PIT maneuver to stop possible drunk driver

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Police use PIT maneuver to stop possible drunk driver

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by KTVB

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Posted on August 9, 2012 at 5:55 PM

Updated Friday, Aug 10 at 12:29 PM

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BOISE -- A Boise man was arrested Thursday after police were called to check on a possible drunk driver.

Forty-nine-year-old Christopher Boeller is charged with several felonies including aggravated assault, aggravated battery and eluding.

It all stated with a report of a drunk driver on Vista Avenue at Targee Street.

Boeller is accused of driving erratically, not stopping for officers and almost hitting a bicyclist.

Fearing for the safety of the public, officers initiated a PIT maneuver to try to stop Boeller. That is when he drove across the median into oncoming traffic before striking an SUV, which was stopped at the time.

Officers located a pipe with meth residue on Boeller during his arrest.

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