April 6, 2021
Galesburg Police on Thursday, April 1st responded to the parking lot in the 900 block of West Dayton Street for reports of a subject possibly passed out in the driver’s seat of a van.
Police arrived and located the van in a handicap spot of the apartment complex parking lot – the engine was running, the driver’s side door was wide open, and there appeared to be vomit on the ground and down the front of the driver. Police woke the sleeping driver who was identified as 25-year old Trae Redd of Galesburg. Redd admitted to drinking alcohol and agreed to a Field Sobriety Test which he then failed. An open bottle of Hennessey was located inside the van. Redd was placed under arrest and transported to the Public Safety Building where he provided a breath sample that came back with a BAC of .162. Redd was charged with Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, DUI with a BAC of .08 or higher, Illegal Transportation of Alcohol, and Operating an Uninsured Motor Vehicle.