BELMONT, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — An off-duty police officer was arrested overnight after being found unconscious behind the wheel of his car in the drive-thru lane of a local McDonald’s, according to the Belmont Police Department.
Around 12:30 a.m. Friday, officers responded to a call reporting a vehicle stopped in the McDonald’s drive-thru with the driver unresponsive.
When officers arrived at the McDonald’s, located at 505 N. Main Street, they found Officer James Garland Reagan, a school resource officer who has served with the department since 2014, asleep in the driver’s seat of his personal vehicle.
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According to police, a field investigation determined Reagan was impaired. He was arrested at the scene and charged with driving while impaired (DWI)…