SPRINGFIELD - Sean C. Doyle was passed out behind the wheel, his engine still running, a bottle of brandy in the cup holder and the Red Sox on the radio, according to the arrest report.

It took two Springfield police officers to wake him up and lift him from the car, which began rolling as soon as Doyle's foot left the brake, the report said.

To keep him awake on the ride to police headqarters, the officers asked Doyle questions or called out his name. He "responded 'me too' every time we asked how he was doing," Officer Alan Wine wrote in his report on the March 30 arrest.

Doyle, 56, of East Longmeadow, pleaded not guilty in Springfield District Court on April 2 to operating under the influence of liquor (third or subsequent offense), operating with a suspended license and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle. Because he was arrested in the driveway of his estranged wife, Doyle was also charged with violating a restraining order.

Assistant District Attorney Karen McCarthy said the defendant has four previous OUI cases on his record, plus eight restraining orders obtained by five different people. Rather than requesting bail, McCarthy asked for a detention hearing to present evidence that Doyle was too dangerous to be released on bail.

Judge Patrick Sabbs approved the request, and ordered Doyle held without right to bail for a hearing on April 5.

While some detention hearings take hours or even days, Doyle's lasted 35 minutes, according to court records.

At the start, Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey McDonald and defense lawyer Jeremy Bramson stipulated that Doyle met the legal criteria for dangerousness.

Bramson introduced exhibits detailing Doyle's attendance at 12-step meetings and a letter from an alcohol counselor before recommending that his client be placed in an in-patient alcohol treatment center.

McDonald submitted copies of Doyle's arrest reports and restraining orders along with a summary of his criminal history and list of convictions.

Following arguments from both lawyers, Judge William Rota found that Doyle posed too great a threat to the public and his estranged wife to be granted pretrial release.

The judge ordered Doyle held for 120 days, and continued the case for a pretrial hearing on May 3.