When ex-U.S. Rep. John Sweeney was stopped by state troopers early Sunday he refused to get out of his car for a roadside sobriety tests, according to court records.
He would not pass the sobriety test, Sweeney allegedly told the officers, adding he was in "big trouble.''
Documents filed in Clifton Park Town Court shed new light on Sweeney's drunken driving arrest - his second in 17 months - and what he told police who arrested him on a felony charge.
Sweeney, Rensselaer County's one-time STOP-DWI coordinator, was stopped at about 3:30 a.m. on Route 9 and charged with felony driving while intoxicated. The charge is a felony because of the prior arrest.
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rooper David Ennist said in his report that when he asked Sweeney for his license and registration a ''strong odor of alcoholic beverages was detected.''
When Ennist asked Sweeney where he was coming from, he responded ''his sister's, at which point it was observed he had slurred speech,'' Ennist wrote in the report.
Sweeney told troopers he was on his way home from a sister's house in Halfmoon where he said he drank three glasses of wine, according to the report.
After arriving at the State Police barracks, Sweeney was asked to take the chemical DWI test and said ''no,'' according to the report.
