A suspected drunken driver in Springfield popped on over to a popular strip club after he allegedly plowed his car into city property and fled the scene, police said.

Cops found a bloodied and impaired Noah Nelson Eiler, 29, inside the Brick House Gentleman's Club on Fourth and A streets shortly after the crash, Springfield police Lt. Scott McKee said.

"I imagine he probably stood out a little," McKee told The Oregonian / OregonLive. "Just look for the bloody guy."

Witnesses told police that Eiler was driving along the city's historic Main Street around 1:30 a.m. when he suddenly plowed through a fire hydrant and a pair of decorative light posts, totaling his 2007 Ford Edge and scattering the municipal property across the road.

The suspect then allegedly abandoned his orange-colored wreck in the middle of Seventh and Main streets and bolted by foot to the Brick House just a few blocks away— and directly across the street from the Springfield Police Department.

It didn't' take long for cops to find Eiler.

"We tend to catch the dumb ones first," McKee said. "He almost ran to our front door."

McKee also said he believes that Springfield is the only city in the U.S. where the police department is located directly across the street from a strip club.

"It's kind of a landmark spot," McKee said of the Brick House.

Police lodged Eiler in the Springfield Municipal Jail and charged on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving and hit and run. Eiler was previously charged with DUII in 2007, McKee said.

-- Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

skavanaugh@oregonian.com

503-294-7632 II @shanedkavanaugh