By Jim Clark

A police officer who was standing at the corner of Kent St. and Somerville Ave. last Monday reportedly observed a vehicle jump the sidewalk on Somerville Ave., cross the burm and proceed into the parking lot of the strip mall there.

According to the officer, the driver exited the vehicle and staggered towards the corner of the building on Kent St. and began urinating on the wall.

The officer approached the man, later identified as Kevin Moore, of Cambridge, and asked if he was all right. Moore reportedly responded that he wished for the officer to stop bothering him and that he wanted a pizza. They were, at this time, standing in front of a Papa John’s pizza restaurant.

According to the officer, Moore had a strong odor of alcohol, very red and glassy eyes, and was having trouble standing and speaking.

When asked if he had been drinking, Moore said that he did not know and questioned why it mattered to the officer, police said.

The officer repeatedly asked Moore to perform some field sobriety tests, but he reportedly did not respond and first, and eventually asked the officer to leave him alone so he could get a pizza.

Moore reportedly got louder as he continued his refusals to cooperate with the officer, according to reports, and when he tried to walk past the officer he was restrained and placed under arrest. He was subsequently charged with operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor.