CLARK CO. – On Saturday, March 23, Indiana State Police arrested a Michigan man found unresponsive while behind the wheel of his vehicle at a gas station fuel pump.
While investigating an unrelated call at a Memphis, Indiana, gas station, Sergeant Tracy Spencer encountered a man allegedly passed out behind the wheel of his GMC truck around 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
The car was also pulling a trailer loaded with motorcycles and was at the fuel pump island with the hose inserted into the vehicle.
During his investigation, Sgt. Spencer learned the truck and driver had been sitting at the pump for approximately two hours before his arrival. Sgt. Spencer also observed suspected drugs and drug paraphernalia when he checked on the driver’s status and attempted to wake him.
While Sergeant Spencer continued his investigation, EMS personnel medically cleared the driver. The driver was identified as 43-year-old John Hilbert Kuiper of Grandville, Michigan.
As a result of the investigation, Kuiper was arrested on charges of possession of a narcotic drug, a Level 6 felony, possession of meth, a Level 6 felony, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class A misdemeanor, and transported to the Clark County Jail without incident.
