An off-duty Douglas County sheriff’s deputy spit and cursed at a Parker police officer while waiting to be taken to jail after he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving earlier this month, according to an arrest affidavit.
Andrew Sanders, 40, is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, assault and obstructing a peace officer, all misdemeanors, as well as careless driving and failing to stay in one lane, both traffic infractions. He has since been fired.
Sanders was arrested Feb. 7 after a Parker Police Department sergeant saw his truck weaving between lanes on southbound Jordan Road, north of Mainstreet, at around 7:52 p.m.
After the sergeant pulled him over, a Parker police officer took over the case and reported Sanders stumbled as he walked to the sidewalk and had glassy eyes and slurred, slow speech, police wrote in the report.
Sanders refused to do a roadside sobriety test and repeatedly told an officer he didn’t understand a statement about Colorado’s expressed consent laws regarding blood and breath tests.
Police obtained a warrant to get a blood sample from Sanders, who repeatedly said he didn’t consent and had to be restrained by police so HCA HealthOne South Parker ER staff could take his blood, according to the affidavit.
When an officer looked at her watch while waiting for a jail transport, Sanders told her, “Yeah, look at your watch, (expletive)” and spit at her, police wrote.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office fired Sanders on Friday. He could not immediately be reached for comment.
He was released from jail on a $1,000 bail and is set to appear in court Tuesday.
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