Police: Drunken man wanted parents arrested for taking away car

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STAMFORD — A city man on a birthday bender at a city hotel tried to have his parents arrested for taking his car away to prevent him from driving drunk, police said.

The man called police Monday night to Hotel Zero on Washington Boulevard where he had been on a drinking binge since Saturday, Sgt. Mike Scatamacchia said.

The man, who turned 38 on Tuesday, told police he realized the car wasn’t in the hotel parking lot and his girlfriend said she gave the keys to his parents and their request and they drove it their Stamford home, Scatamacchia said.

The man admitted he had three prior DUI convictions and he had been drinking all day, Scatamacchia said.

“It looks like he was on a drinking binge and they took the car away so he wouldn’t kill himself or somebody,” Scatamacchia said.

The man’s parents told police they didn’t trust him with the car and refused to return it to him.

The man continue to argue with police and told them his parents should be arrested for stealing his car, Scatamacchia said.

No one was arrested in the incident.

Court records show the man was sentenced to four months in jail at the end of 2007 for his second drunk driving arrest and in 2009 he was given a one-year sentence for his third offense.

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