Worth Police Commissioner Charged With DUI
Worth man charged with DUI after minor accident near 143rd Street and Harlem Avenue.
Tinley Park police charged Frank Lesiak, 74, of 7428 W. 111th St. in Worth, with driving under the influence after he was stopped on Dec. 23.
Police said a motorist told them he had been in an accident minutes earlier near 143rd Street and Harlem Avenue and described the car that had struck him after making a U-turn on Harlem.
Police said they soon spotted the car and pulled it over after it had drifted over the center line repeatedly.
Police said the driver identified himself as Frank Lesiak and that he agreed to take field sobriety tests that he failed.
He asked to take a breath alcohol test and registered .108; .08 is considered drunk in Illinois.
When told he had failed, police said Lesiak became uncooperative and cursed at them.
Officers said he told them he couldn't be driving drunk because he was a Police Commiisioner in Worth.
Police said Lesiak continued to berate officers while they transported him to the Tinley Park police station repeatedly saying they "would rot in hell."
Police said Lesiak had slurred speech and the strong odor of alcohol on his breath.
Officers said in their report that Lesiak measured .114 on a second breath alcohol test administered at the police station.
Cook County police handled the accident report, which was not available.
Worth Police Chief Martin Knolmayer confirmed that Lesiak is a Police Commissioner for the village.
"He informed me about the incident," Knolmayer said.
Lesiak was later released on bond and given a court date.
Bob Cooper
8:36 am on Friday, January 4, 2013
How could he register a higher level later, after the alchol had metabolized in his system? That tells you one of the tests was faulty.
Rich Schmidt II
12:21 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013
Or he had a drink soon before his first test. Then an hour later he was tested again. At which point the second test would pick anything up from his last hour of drinking. So w/ an aggregate score of .114 he's drunk & stupid!
Jessie
12:57 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013
When you are drinking, especially if it is harder alcohol and at a rapid rate, your BAC continues to climb for an amount of time after discontinuing drinking before it begins to drop. This can be more pronounced according to weight, type of drinks, gender, amount of food eaten, and also if the liver and/or kidneys are already deteriorated from chronic alcoholism. So the heightened level doesn't indicate a faulty test.
Bob Laird
4:20 pm on Saturday, January 5, 2013
108 or .114. don't matter if the machine was off or not. He was belligerant and failed field tests. He was gassed. If one test was under and one over and he was polite and cooperative, then maybe he'd have a chance. sorry dude. YER BUSTED!!!!!!