The Daily Grind

William Fenton, 52, was picked up for drunk driving after police traced gouge marks from his car along a half dozen local roads. Fenton allegedly made the marks by traveling the distance on one of the rims of his green 2000 Cadillac Seville.

At about 1:40 a.m., police received a handful of calls from motorists and residents in the area of Route 28 about a car that sounded like it was dragging on the roadway, police Sgt. Thomas Hennessey said.

Officers went to the area, where they picked up the trail of gouge marks, along with at least one small, lost car part on Route 28.

They found Fenton's Cadillac in his driveway. Fenton appeared to be asleep behind the wheel, his shirt wet, the car still running. There was no tire on the right front wheel and the rim was "pretty chewed up," Hennessey said.

Officers knocked on the window, asking Fenton to open the door. He lifted his eyelids, smiled, and turned away, Hennessey said.

Fenton fumbled to turn off the car and was unable to unlock the doors. Eventually, he rolled down the window so officers could unlock the car, the Yarmouth police sergeant said. A Bud Light beer can was in the center console, and others were on the passenger floor, he said.

Fenton was arrested just before 2 a.m.