NWI union official charged with drunken driving
NWI Times
Aug 12, 2011
CROWN POINT | A region union official and member of a city commission faces charges of drunken driving and endangering a person following his arrest earlier this week.
Randy Palmateer, business manager of the Northwestern Indiana Building and Construction Trades Council, was arrested and charged following a Monday traffic stop, according to Crown Point City Court documents.
A police officer stopped Palmateer, 32, of Crown Point, shortly before 11 p.m. Monday after witnessing him driving 42 mph in a 25 mph zone while weaving along South Court Street near the Lake County Fairgrounds, according to police reports.
Palmateer, who also is an appointed member of the Crown Point Redevelopment Commission, gave off a strong odor of alcohol, appeared confused and had bloodshot, watery eyes when approached by the officer during the stop, police reports state.
Palmateer also was unsteady and swayed when he exited his vehicle and refused an alcohol breath test and sobriety tests at the scene, according to police reports.
The defendant was arrested and charged with misdemeanor counts of operating while intoxicated and operating while intoxicated/endangering a person because his wife was a passenger in his vehicle, court records state. He also was charged with speeding.
Palmateer did not return calls from The Times seeking comment Friday, and court records did not indicate whether a defense attorney has been named in his case.
A hearing is scheduled in the case for Aug. 16 in Crown Point City Court, and the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles has been notified of the charges, according to court records.
May 13, 2016 - Palmateer's amended record now includes his arrest by Crown Point police Aug. 8, 2011. Local court records state the prosecutor charged Palmateer with OWI (operating a vehicle while intoxicated). Palmateer later pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of reckless driving in that case.
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