Union official skirts OWI case, pleads guilty to reckless driving
NWI Times
Sep 6, 2011
A region union official has avoided a drunken driving case by pleading guilty to reckless driving, Lake County court records show.
Dismissal of the drunken driving charge is contingent on a six-month review period during which Randy Palmateer must stay out of trouble with the law. He is scheduled to appear at a review hearing in February in Lake Station City Court.
Palmateer was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and endangering a person following his arrest in Crown Point last month.
Palmateer, business manager of the Northwestern Indiana Building and Construction Trades Council, was stopped by a Crown Point police officer Aug. 8.
The officer witnessed Palmateer 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.
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