After approaching a stopped car on Fort Campbell Boulevard that had its hazard lights on Sunday night, police found a reportedly intoxicated 24-year-old man asleep in his car, according to a citation from the Hopkinsville Police Department.
Ruben Felipe Francisco, who listed a Hopkinsville and a Clarksville, Tenn., address, was allegedly sitting in the reclined driver’s seat sleeping. His keys were on the console. According to the report, when police approached, Francisco tried to put the keys in the ignition to start the car before they took them away from him.
After reportedly failing field sobriety tests, Francisco was arrested and charged with second-degree operating a motor vehicle on a license revoked for driving under the influence.
His blood alcohol content was 0.13, according to the report. Kentucky’s legal limit is 0.08.
Francisco is being held in the Christian County Jail.
— Compiled by staff writer Julia Hunter.

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Five hundred dollars was stolen from a Christian County man’s house early Friday morning, according to Christian County Sheriff’s Department.
John T. Walker, of Madisonville Road, reported the incident to police Friday after he found a window in his back door broken and $500 missing.

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A Hopkinsville man was arrested Friday after his car crashed into a utility pole, Hopkinsville police reported.

Enrique Montalvo Escobar, 35, of Richard Street, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, operating a motor vehicle under the influence, driving on a suspended license and driving without insurance.

According to police, Escobar drove his car into a telephone pole near East 17th and South Virginia streets. Escobar abandoned the vehicle and got a ride home without reporting the incident, police said.

When police arrived at Escobar’s residence, they noticed an odor of alcohol on him. Several sobriety tests were conducted and Escobar was judged under the influence, police said.

Escobar was unable to provide any proof of insurance. A records check showed that Escobar’s license was under suspension for driving under the influence.

— Compiled by staff writer Joe Parrino.

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Three out-of-state men were arrested and charged with felony theft after they were caught trying to steal scrap metal from a Cadiz business, police said.

Cadiz police responded to a complaint about someone taking scrap metal from a bin at Benson International on Industrial Drive around noon Wednesday.

Employees at the business locked a gate and stopped the men from leaving.

Police arrested Terry Frank, 21, of Norwood, Pa., and Alex Williams, 19, and Teddy Marks, 21, both of Wichita, Kansas, and charged them with theft by unlawful taking or disposition.

The men had loaded a utility trailer nearly half full with metal and aluminum without the permission of the business, witnesses told police. They had unloaded the metal when police arrived.

— Compiled by staff writer Jennifer Brown.

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A Tennessee man was arrested Thursday after injuring a Wal-Mart employee who stopped him, Hopkinsville police reported.

Police said Joshua Strauch, a Wal-Mart employee, stopped Eric A. Detelj, 20, of Clarksville, Tenn., just outside the front entrance of the Hopkinsville store because he was suspected of shoplifting several items.

Detelj was charged with first-degree robbery.

Strauch asked to see the contents of Detelj’s coat pockets. When Detelj refused, the two got into a scuffle which left Strauch hurt.

Hopkinsville police spokesman said Detelj would only have been charged with a misdemeanor had he complied with Strauch’s request. Because he resisted, the charge was elevated to a felony.

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