A 63-year-old judge was shown on shocking bodycam film mercilessly failing a field sobriety test just after he reportedly crashed his automobile into a bus in Michigan.
On March 25, Sterling Heights police reported that John Chmura, a judge for over thirty years, had rear-ended a SMART bus.
In bodycam footage, Chmura, dressed in a suit, was seen stumbling out of his car and telling an officer that he had just left an event “over there.”
He seems to slur his words as he informs the police officer that he is a judge while leaning against his car.
Chmura once said, “I don’t know,” in response to the officer’s question about how much he had consumed. Apparently, too much.
The video is truncated to the point where the judge completely fails two different sobriety tests.
Chmura must count backward from 87 to 78, the officer explains.
Slurring at first, the judge gets several of the numbers right before repeating himself, blowing past 78, and at one point beginning to count up.
On March 25, Judge John Chmura, who has served for more than 30 years, was taken into custody after reportedly crashing into a bus while intoxicated.
The 63-year-old appeared to slur his words when speaking to the responding cops, according to bodycam footage.
After that, he was requested to recite the alphabet from C to N. He tried right away, but he started babbling before requesting the officer to repeat the directions.
Chmura informed the officer that his performance was “not OK” after failing the alphabet test, which seemed far more challenging than reciting numbers backward.
After that, Chmura was required to take a PBT test, also referred to as a breathalyzer. After staring at the ground for a minute, the judge asked, “Do I have to?”
After being arrested for his initial denial, he eventually consented.
A PBT revealed a blood alcohol content of.162 percent, more than twice Michigan’s legal limit, according to C and G News.
According to reports, a blood test at a hospital yielded a BAC of 0.196.
Since Chmura would supervise cases handled by the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office, a St. Clair County prosecutor has been assigned to the case.
Before additional testing revealed that Chmura was allegedly twice as inebriated as Michigan’s legal limit, he also appeared to harshly fail two different field sobriety tests.
August is when the judge is scheduled to appear in court.
In August, he is scheduled to appear in court.
David Kramer, Chmura’s lawyer, declined to discuss case details with Click on Detroit.
The judge “is a very respected jurist with a fine reputation, and we’ll deal with this case as it comes,” Kramer said in a statement.
Kramer has been contacted by The Daily Mail for comment.
