A traffic stop in Woodbury recently resulted in a man getting arrested for DUI after he claimed he was lost in the town of Woodbury. According to Cannon County Sheriff’s reports Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Hainey was traveling on South McCrary Street when a sedan suddenly appeared behind him and followed him too closely. After the vehicle went around the Deputy, a traffic stop was initiated. The driver of the vehicle Mr. Tory Bryant told Deputy Hainey that he was lost in Woodbury and had been driving around for an hour trying to find his way back to his girlfriend. The girlfriend was allegedly inebriated and had asked him to pick up some items from the Quick Shop. Deputy Hainey noticed an empty bottle of tequila sitting in the sedan. Bryant told Deputy Hainey that he was the designated driver for the evening and hadn’t had anything to drink himself but when questioned about his girlfriend he couldn’t remember her name. After asking him for vehicle registration and proof of insurance, Bryant produced two purses neither of which belonged to him. After looking through the purses, Deputy Hainey found the registration of the vehicle belonged to one of the owners. The purses were confiscated and the Deputy was about to escort him to what they believed to be the apartments that the ladies were at when Bryant almost hit the patrol car with his car on two different instances. At that point a field sobriety test was run on Bryant in which he failed. After searching the car, a cup of Coke mixed with either tequila or rum was found. The owner of the vehicle eventually caught up with Bryant and the Deputies and signed a statement claiming that Mr. Bryant had taken her vehicle without her consent. Mr. Bryant was transported to the Cannon County Jail where he was charged with DUI, Implied Consent and Joyriding.
