PALMYRA, N.Y. -- A Wayne County man bought between 900 and 1,000 copies of his local newspaper over the weekend after being charged with DWI, according to the Times of Wayne County.

Joseph Talbot

State Police arrested Joseph Talbot, 43, of Newark, Thursday night along Route 31 in Palmyra for driving while intoxicated after he was driving erratically and failed multiple field sobriety tests, troopers said.

Talbot is a vice president of Key Insurance and Benefits Services Inc., an arm of Key Bank, according to his LinkedIn profile. He formerly was a vice president of First Niagara bank company, which merged with Key Bank this fall.

After being brought to a state police office in Lyons, Talbot refused to give a breath sample and would not let troopers take his fingerprints or photo, saying he didn't want to end up in the local newspaper, according to state police. He was then charged with second-degree obstructing governmental administration in addition to the DWI charge.

Several Newark store clerks told the Times of Wayne County they saw Talbot buy hundreds of copies of the newspaper over the weekend, said Ron Holdraker, the editor and owner of newspaper. He estimated Talbot purchased somewhere between 900 and 1,000 copies of the paper from at least eight locations.

Holdraker, who graduated from Syracuse University in 1974, said the newspapers cost about $1.25 each, meaning Talbot would have spent at least $1,125 to buy the papers.

Talbot is scheduled to appear in the Town of Palmyra Court on Feb. 1.