Teen to Officer: How Does It Feel Making $15k?

Unless otherwise noted, information about the following incidents was supplied by the South Kingstown Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

New Jersey Teen Charged With DUI

Christoph S. Reinemann, 19, of 108 Taylor Mills Road, Manalapan, NJ, was arrested at about 5:41 a.m. on May 5 and charged with drunken driving, and cited for speeding, transportation of alcohol by a minor and refusing to submit to a chemical test.

According to police, an officer on Kingstown Road near Main Street clocked a silver BMW at 53 miles per hour in a 25 mile per hour zone. A traffic stop was made on Old Mountain Field Road.

Police said that when they asked Reinemann where he was coming from, he told them from a house in Narragansett where he had been hooking up with a girl, and that it wasn’t a party, although more than 30 people were there.

According to police, Reinemann consented to field sobriety tests, which he failed. Police said that at the end of the tests, Reinemann told them, “I drank and smoked but it was such a long time ago it shouldn’t have affected me.”

Reinemann was arrested without incident at this point. Police said an inventory of the car revealed a juice bottle, which contained a mixture of alcohol and orange juice.

According to police, Reinemann refused to submit to chemical breath tests at headquarters, but noted that he was polite, telling them, “Thanks you guys for being cool about all this, but I’m really sorry.”

Police said Reinemann was processed and then released at about 7 a.m.

Rocky Hill School Student Charged With DUI

A 17-year-old South Kingstown boy was arrested at about 2:02 a.m. on May 5 was charged with drunken driving, and also cited for refusing to submit to a chemical test. Police said the boy is a student at the Rocky Hill School in East Greenwich.

According to police, an officer monitoring Route 1 clocked a black Volkswagen Jetta at 80 miles per hour in a 50 mile per hour zone. A traffic stop was made on Route 1 South near Camp Fuller Road.

Police said the car smelled of alcohol, and the driver – the 17-year-old teen – had trouble answering basic questions. Police said the teen smelled of alcohol, and as a result, he was arrested.

According to police, an inventory of the car revealed an open bottle of vodka, an empty beer can and an open box of wine. Police said that when they asked him if he had been arrested before, he told them, “Yes, a few times, I know how this works.”

Police said that during the transport to headquarters, the teen told them repeatedly that he wasn’t speeding because he had a video camera with a radar detector.

He also allegedly told officers that “we will see what happens when this goes to court, I’ll get off,” and that he “just needs to talk to his lawyer.” He allegedly added, “Well good for you, I’m sure this will look good on your resume, or whatever you have.”

According to police, the teen also asked repeatedly that police not call his parents, and asked whether they had “a warrant or probable cause to go through his cell phone.” Police said that the boy’s parents were called, but his cell phone was not accessed at any point.

Police said that the boy refused to submit to chemical breath tests, and then repeatedly tried to engage officers in conversation.

According to police, the teenager asked one officer, “How mad does it make you that you have to make $15,000 a year for the rest of your life?”

Police said the teenager was processed and released to the custody of a family member at 3:32 a.m.

Unless otherwise noted, the information for this article was compiled from South Kingstown police reports, which are available for review by any member of the public at their headquarters. If we’re missing a call or report you’re interested in knowing about, feel free to leave a comment or to send Local Editor Stephen Greenwell a message at Stephen.greenwell@patch.com.

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