Andrew German
(DOC file photo)
By Patti Weaver
STILLWATER — A Stillwater man has been given two concurrent five-year prison terms for drunk driving in Stillwater on two occasions in less than four months.
Andrew Kenneth German, 40, pleaded guilty to both felony charges before Associate District Judge Michael Kulling on May 20, court records show.
In his later case, German was already free on $5,000 bond from his earlier case when he was arrested by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper David Sloan at 8:47 pm on March 21.
The trooper had been notified 12 minutes earlier that a hit and run collision had just happened at the intersection of Union Road and Lakeview Road, his affidavit said.
“A Payne County deputy had conducted a traffic stop on the suspect vehicle at 1724 N. Jardot,” in Stillwater, the affidavit said.
Two witnesses said that a driver “had rear-ended the vehicle driven by German,” who then fled the scene, the affidavit said.
The reporting party said, “he followed the vehicle and provided updates to the Payne County Sheriff’s Office,” the affidavit said.
When the trooper contacted German, he had thick, slow, slurred speech and watery, bloodshot eyes, the affidavit said.
“I asked German how much alcohol he had consumed, and he replied, ‘a double shot,"” the trooper said in his affidavit.
German refused to perform field sobriety tests or take an alcohol test without his lawyer present, the affidavit said.
“While conducting an inventory of the vehicle, I observed a pocket-sized shot of Fireball whiskey that had been located by the Payne County deputies inside the vehicle.
“The shot was opened and was approximately half full. A driver’s license status check on German revealed that his license had been revoked,” the affidavit said.
For three misdemeanor counts in his March case, German was given three concurrent six-month jail terms for leaving the scene of an accident involving damage, driving under suspension, and transporting an open container of an intoxicating beverage.
In his Dec. 2, 2024, arrest at 10:43 pm, at S. Doty Street and E. Eastern Ave. “Andrew exited the vehicle, and a small bottle of Fireball whiskey fell out. It appeared that Andrew had tucked the bottle underneath him prior to me contacting him,” Stillwater Police Officer Gaige Ellis wrote in an affidavit.
“A second bottle of Fireball was later located near the driver seat of Andrew’s vehicle. Both bottles were opened and partially empty. Andrew stated he had ‘a couple double shots,” the affidavit said.
Asked if he would be willing to do field sobriety tests, “Andrew stated, ‘I’m going to fail them.’ I asked Andrew why he would fail them, and he stated, ‘because I’ve been drinking,"” the Stillwater officer wrote in his affidavit.
