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A North Olmsted man is facing criminal charges after he ran over a fire hydrant and damaged several tree lawns while driving drunk in Fairview Park, police said. Brad J. Flynn, 41, was wearing his underwear and a child's snowsuit on one leg when an officer approached his vehicle.

(Patrick Cooley, cleveland.com)

FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio -- A North Olmsted man is facing criminal charges after he ran over a fire hydrant and damaged several tree lawns while driving drunk, police said.

Brad J. Flynn, 41, was wearing his underwear and a child's snowsuit on one leg when Fairview Park officers approached his vehicle, according to a police report.

Flynn is charged with operating a vehicle under the influence, high blood alcohol content, hit skip, open container, and willful or wanton disregard of safety of persons or property, according to court records. He is scheduled to appear in Rocky River Municipal Court April 6.

A resident called police to report a hit-skip accident about 11:30 p.m. March 22. The resident followed a dark-colored SUV to a plaza parking lot near West 226th Street and Lorain Avenue. Police found Flynn behind the wheel of the SUV, according to the report.

Flynn's blood alcohol level was .117, police said. The legal limit is .08

He is accused of driving over six tree lawns in the 4000 block of West 226th Street, and shearing a fire hydrant at its base.

Wine bottles were strewn around the SUV, and Flynn told police he had no idea he had struck a fire hydrant, according to the police report. One of the SUV's wheels was destroyed.

The snowsuit belonged to Flynn's 9-year-old daughter, police said.

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