(La Porte County, IN) - A motorist with a cell phone helped La Porte County Police remove a very alcohol impaired driver from the streets in Michigan City yesterday.

Richard Specker, 35, of Westville was booked into the La Porte County Jail on Class A misdemeanor operating while intoxicated.

Police said officers about 4 p.m. responded to a call about a swerving vehicle on Franklin St. south of U.S. 20.  It wasn’t long before the suspected vehicle, a 2003 Pontiac Sunfire, was located swerving from lane to lane while heading southbound. Police said the driver later identified as Specker pulled over after nearly causing a collision with a semi-truck.

His alleged blood alcohol level was .32-percent or four times the legal .08-percent limit.  Police said several empty alcoholic beverage containers were discovered in the vehicle.