Nov 21, 2022

Deputies found driver passed out in SUV on Kansas highway

Posted Nov 21, 2022 11:51 AM

HAMILTON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on multiple charges after in incident on a Kansas highway.

On Saturday night, sheriff's deputies took a report of a white Nissan Xterra stopped in the middle of the south bound lane on K27 and County Road 31, according to a media release from the Hamilton County Sheriff.

The driver, later identified as  Edwin Danilo Bueso Jeronimo of Syracuse, Kansas, was passed out in the driver’s seat with open alcoholic beverages on the front seat.

The driver was awakened and he took off on foot through a field with a temperature of 6 degrees. Additional units were called to assist. After approximately twenty minutes, deputies located and took Jeronimo into custody.

 Jeronimo did not possess a valid driver's license. He was booked into jail on requested charges of  DUI, interference with LEO, no driver's license, and transporting an open container of alcoholic beverages.