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Name:
Cook, Benjamin Douglas
Date of Booking:
04/17/2025
Reason(s) For Booking:
Disorderly Conduct
Officer’s Narrative:
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On the date of 04/17/2025, I, Officer Haley, was dispatched to the Lafayette Golf Course, 1 Fred Henry Drive, in reference to a fight in progress. Dispatch advised that one of the people involved had left the scene in a White Chevrolet Silverado, and was a white male in a light blue shirt. While en route to the Lafayette Golf Course, I observed a White in color Chevrolet Silverado driving northbound on Foster Mill Drive with a driver that matched the description, a white male in a light blue shirt. Due to the nature of the call, and the unknown seriousness of the alleged affray, I conducted a Traffic Stop on the Silverado, where I met with the driver, a Benjamin Cook. While speaking to Cook, he stated that he was at the Golf Course, and that he got into a verbal altercation with other golfers there. Cook continued, stating that he then told the golfers he was in the altercation with to step outside and “talk about it.” Cook then informed me that the golfers he said this to, then went inside the club house away from him. Cook told me that the altercation was merely verbal and never got physical. While I stayed with Cook, Sergeant First Class Wilson responded to the Golf Course to gather more information from Witnesses and the other parties involved.
During my interaction with Cook, his person and breath emanated the odor of an alcoholic beverage, where Cook then admitted to drinking multiple beers during his time at the LaFayette Golf Course. With the consent of Cook, I then conducted Field Sobriety tests to ensure he was safe to operate a motor vehicle. After finishing my tests, I concluded that Cook was not intoxicated enough to be Charged with Driving Under the Influence, and also due to the lack of observing a Less Safe act in Cook’s driving.
SFC Wilson then transmitted via Radio Traffic that he gathered enough information from his investigation at the Golf Course to conclude Cook was being disorderly during the altercation at the Golf Course. Due to hearing this, I placed Cook under arrest for 15-4 Disorderly Conduct through the City of Lafayette. I then transported Cook to the Walker County Detention Center, where he was turned over to Detention Staff without incident. Citation issued for Disorderly Conduct (#125002150)
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