Niagara Falls Police were on routine patrol around 12:30am on August 20th in the area of 10th Street (Jordan Gardens) when they observed a black 2022 Jeep Grand Wagoneer parked facing the wrong way and more than two feet from the curb.
As officers approached the vehicle to issue parking citations, they observed a black male slumped over in the driver seat. Officers went to the partially open driver-side window and called out to the male with no response. They had to knock several times before he woke up.
The driver, identified as Tyree Caffee, had slow and slurred speech. He stated that he was driving home from his mother’s apartment. Officers smelled an odor of alcoholic beverage emanating from inside of the vehicle…