Police Officer in Jefferson Parish Arrested for DUI on Causeway Bridge

A Jefferson Parish Sheriffs Office sergeant was arrested for driving while intoxicated by Causeway Police, according to JPSO spokesman Col. John Fortunato.

Sgt. Dominick Imbornone was in his JPSO cruiser when by arrested police on the Causeway Bridge approximately 11 p.m. Sunday, according to police.

The Causeway police report obtained by Eyewitness News shows that an officer found Imbornone asleep in his police unit, parked in one of the emergency turning lanes on the bridge.

The arresting Causeway police officer "began knocking on the window of the vehicle, yelling and sounding the siren...trying to rouse the driver," the report says. When Imbornone finally woke up, he "appeared to be very disoriented," and had a strong odor of alcohol.

Imbornone asked the officer an incoherent question "about how many miles left," according to the report, and when asked if he had been drinking, responded at first that he had had two glasses of wine, but then said he was unsure of how much alcohol he had drank. The officer transported Imbornone to the St. Tammany Parish jail, where he was booked.

This is the second time Imbornone has been arrested fpr driving drunk. In October 2007, police pulled him over in his police cruiser for driving drunk near Cleary Ave. and W. Napoleon. He was suspended after being booked with reckless operation and DWI charges.

"Sgt. Imbornone joined the JPSO on May 31 of 1994 and after various assignments, was transferred to our Traffic Enforcement Section," said Fortunato, referring all further questions to Causeway Police.

Sheriff Newell Normand ordered Imbornone terminated today, according to Fortunato.

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[wawa2338]

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[stacky512a]

"Tied my hands" in other words, take the field sobriety test, I'll decleare that you passed and we'll get you home!

[question88917]

another one down

[destroyinthelies]

Thats good he needed to locked up he is no different from anyone else.