Cates
BELLEVILLE – Lawyer David Cates almost eluded a state trooper and upon his arrest for driving under the influence told the trooper he’d call the courthouse and have the ticket dismissed.
A report of trooper Nicholas Weilbacher, which state police released on Feb. 21, showed Cates put other drivers at risk over a course of several miles.
Weilbacher wrote that on Nov. 4, around 12:35 p.m., a white Ford Expedition truck veered across the right boundary line eastbound on Interstate 64 near milepost 5.6.
“I observed a cloud of dust shoot up from the Ford. The Ford then corrected and returned to the roadway,” Weilbacher wrote.