PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — While drunk-driving arrests are a daily occurrence, it isn’t every day someone gets a DUI on a bicycle … but that is exactly what happened early this morning in Paintsville.
Police were called to Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, after a man allegedly refused medical treatment and walked out of the hospital, taking another woman’s bag of personal belongings with him. Among other items, that bag contained the woman’s prescription.
Around 3 a.m., a Paintsville Police officer spotted the man — 53-year-old Michael Jennings, of Paintsville — riding a pink-and-white bicycle the wrong way down Main Street.
After stopping him, the officer found the bag of items taken from the hospital, and noted the man smelled strongly of alcohol. The man reportedly admitted that the prescription in the bag was not his, and also said the bicycle belonged to a little girl.
Jennings was charged with DUI, theft of a bicycle, and possession of a forged prescription. He remains lodged in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center.
