A Delaware man is in custody after police say they arrested him for his 7th DUI.
A Delaware State Trooper was on patrol on Saturday around 6 p.m. when he spotted a red Dodge Dakota on North DuPont Boulevard run through a red light, according to investigators. The Trooper pulled the vehicle over and confronted the driver, identified by investigators as 59-year-old Darren McGrath of Georgetown, Delaware.
The trooper says he smelled a strong odor of alcohol while speaking to McGrath. McGrath was later arrested and charged with DUI, driving while suspended and revoked and failure to stop at a red light.
Investigators say it was his 7th DUI arrest since 1998.
McGrath was committed to the Sussex Correctional Institute on $10,600 cash bail.
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