By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to the intersection of Elm St. and Mossland St. last week for a check condition.

Upon arrival, the officers observed a vehicle at the intersection stopped for an extended period of time for at least three light cycles.

The officers honked their cruiser’s horn at the driver operating the vehicle in front of them, but there was no immediate response.

The officers turned on their blue lights and approached the driver side window and observed the operator, later identified as Robert Leblanc, hunched over his wheel asleep.

After tapping on the wheel and waking Leblanc up, the officers were able to get his proper identification and had him turn off his vehicle.

According to reports, an odor of alcoholic beverage was detected on Leblanc, who reportedly also had glassy eyes and slurred speech.

At this point the officers asked Leblanc to step out of the vehicle and he complied.

While talking to Leblanc, the officers noticed that he was unsteady on his feet. When asking him where he was coming from, he reportedly provided the officers with different stories several times.

The officers informed Leblanc that they would be conducting Standardized Field Sobriety Tests consisting of the horizontal gaze Nystagmus (HGN), the walk-and-turn, and the one-leg stand tests.

Due to his poor performances on these tests, and all of the other factors observed by the officers, Leblanc was informed that he was being placed under arrest on a charge of operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor.