25-year-old Clifford ‘Cliff’ O’Brien was booked into the Metro Jail just before daylight Sunday morning, charged with DUI. Police were called to the CSX train yard just after 4 a.m. as security had stopped a vehicle they observed driving on the dozens of train tracks at the location. The driver, who lives in Clarksville, told officers he had left a bar in downtown Nashville and his GPS took him to the South Nashville train yard, and onto the tracks, and he didn’t know how to get out. When asked to do a one-legged stand, the soldier instead marched forward while holding each foot in the air for three seconds. He eventually blew a 0.204 BAC on the breathalyzer. He is free on pre-trial release.
| COMPLAINT: |
| 2021-0587197 |
| ARREST WARRANT / AFFIDAVIT: |
| AT 0406 ON 11/14/2021, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO 4400 CSX DRIVE IN REGARDS TO CSX SECURITY HAVING STOPPED A VEHICLE THAT WAS DRIVING ON AND AROUND THE TRAIN TRACKS IN THE TRAIN YARD AFTER OBSERVING HIM ON CAMERA FROM THE OBSERVATION TOWER. OFFICERS MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS CLIFFORD O’BRIEN. OFFICERS OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TO HAVE BLOODSHOT EYES AND WAS HAVING TROUBLE STANDING UP WITHOUT SWAYING AND STUMBLING. THE DEFENDANT TOLD OFFICERS THAT HE WAS COMING FROM A BAR DOWNTOWN AND THAT HIS GPS HAD LED HIM ONTO THE TRACKS AND HE DID NOT KNOW HOW TO GET OUT OF THE YARD. OFFICERS RAN THE DEFENDANT THROUGH STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS WHICH HE SHOWED CLEAR INDICATORS OF INTOXICATION. ON THE HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS TEST, THE DEFENDANT LACKED SMOOTH PURSUIT IN BOTH EYES AS WELL AS CLEAR AND OBVIOUS JERKING AT MAX DEVIATION AND AT 45 DEGREE ONSET IN BOTH EYES. FOR THE ONE-LEGGED STAND THE DEFENDANT DID NOT FOLLOW ANY OF THE DIRECTIONS AND INSTEAD MARCHED FORWARD WHILE HOLDING EACH FOOT IN THE AIR FOR 3 SECONDS. DURING THE WALK-AND-TURN, THE DEFENDANT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN A HEEL-TO-TOE STANCE WHILE BEING INSTRUCTED ON THE TEST, MISSED HEEL-TO-TOE WHILE WALKING SEVERAL TIMES, HAD HIS ARMS RAISED FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE TEST, AND CONDUCTED AN IMPROPER TURN. THE DEFENDANT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND AGREED TO PROVIDE A BREATH SAMPLE FOR CHEMICAL TESTING WHICH RESULTED IN A 0.204% B.A.C. LEVEL. |
| PROSECUTOR: |
| SIERRA R WALKER |
| SIGNED BY COMMISSIONER / JUDGE: |
| NORMAN HARRIS |
| VICTIM: |
| SOCIETY |
| CASE | CHARGE | BOND |
|---|---|---|
| GS956278 | DUI | 3000 |
 | Cliff O’Brien |
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| DEFENDANT: | O’BRIEN, CLIFFORD |
| AKA(s): | CLIFF O’BRIEN CLIFFORD O’BRIEN |
| ADDRESS: | 819 CRESTONE LANE CLARKSVILLE, TN 37042 |
| JMS ID: | 966581 |
| CONTROL ID: | 605072 |
| SEX: | M |
| RACE: | WHITE |
| DOB: | 09/08/1996 (25) |
| ADMITTED: | 11/14/2016 06:10 AM |
| RELEASED: | 11/14/2021 09:47 AM |
| BOND VIA: | PRETRIAL |
