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A Virginia Beach police officer is in trouble after a hit-and-run crash. The officer, Bryan K. Womble, 36, drove his Mitsubishi car into a Dodge Neon at the intersection of 20th Street and Pacific Avenue around 2 a.m. Womble was off-duty when the car accident happened.
Womble was stopped by another officer about two blocks away, where he was found to have a blood alcohol content of 0.15, nearly twice Virginia’s legal driving limit of 0.08. There were no injuries reported as a result of the accident.
The officer arrested Womble, who was charged with drunken driving and subsequently released on bond. He was not immediately charged for the hit and run because officials were trying to determine how much damage had been done to the Neon.
The case is being handled by the Chesapeake Commonwealth’s Attorney Office to avoid a potential conflict of interest. The Attorney’s Office recently determined that the accident involved less than $1,000 in damage, so prosecutors have charged Womble with a misdemeanor hit-and-run instead of a felony hit-and-run.
Womble, a member since 2000 of a police team that specializes in stopping drunken drivers, will remain on administrative duty until his trial on July 27.
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