Belligerent drunk driver pleads guilty
Daniel Joseph Morency, 56, of Chipman, blew almost triple legal limit, court hears
A Chipman man busted for impaired driving after he crashed into a ditch and then continued on his way said “Go fuck yourself” to the Mountie who arrested him, court heard last week.
Daniel Joseph Morency, 56, of Queen Street in Chipman, pleaded guilty in Fredericton provincial court Friday to a charge of having an elevated blood-alcohol level within two hours of driving.
Crown prosecutor Geoffrey Hutchin said an RCMP officer was dispatched to the Coal Creek area at 7:36 p.m. on May 30 after receiving a report of a vehicle that had crashed into a ditch and then left the scene.