Driver Causes Minor Accident Fails Sobriety Test

From the Middletown Police Department

Melissa Uecker  age 36 

Charges:

14-227a(a)  DUI

 53-21  Risk of Injury to a Minor 

On 4/13/10 at 1456 hours, Police responded to a motor vehicle accident at McDonalds on Washington St.  Upon arrival a witness stated that the accused, Melissa Uecker, pulled into Auto Zone and backed into a pole.  She then got out of her car and rolled in the grass before driving out of the parking lot and into the McDonalds parking lot.  She then drove into the back of another car and tried to drive away before the driver stopped her.  She had a ten year old in the car with her.  Police conducted a  field sobriety test at the scene which she failed. She  was transported to HQ where she was processed and held on the above charges.