Traverse City Record-Eagle

Cheboygan County

December 23, 2008

Man charged with drunken driving

TRAVERSE CITY -- A Traverse City man is charged with felony drunken driving.

Jason James Maddasion, 31, is charged with third-offense drunken driving and operating with a suspended license.

A Grand Traverse sheriff's deputy on Dec. 9 saw a vehicle in a ditch off Cedar Wood Lane in Acme Township, court records show. A passenger in the vehicle allegedly told the deputy Maddasion was the driver.

Maddasion smelled of alcohol, the deputy said, and he had difficulty maintaining his balance.

Maddasion has drunken driving convictions from 1995 and 1999, court records show.

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