Alfredo Gonzalez

A Buffalo man is being held on out-of-state warrants after he struck a mailbox on Tonawanda Creek Road Thursday morning, according to the Niagara County Sheriff's Office.

The NCSO report states that Alfredo A. Gonzalez, of 200 Niagara St., Apt. 210 in Buffalo, was changing a tire on his vehicle in the 6600 block of Tonawanda Creek Road when Sheriff's deputies determined him to be intoxicated.

The 43-year-old Gonzalez only spoke Spanish so NCSO brought in a translator to administer field sobriety tests, which Gonzalez failed, according to the report. He refused to submit to a blood alcohol test and was placed under arrest.

Once under arrest, it was determined that Gonzalez had two standing warrants from Minnesota, one for identity theft and one for a probation violation from an identity theft charge. While Gonzalez property was being searched, "an out of state driver's license with a different name and photo along with a credit card matching the name on the driver's license was discovered in Gonzalez's wallet," the report stated.

He is due back to Town of Lockport Court for charges of DWI, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and refusing a breath test on April 1.

He remains in Niagara County Jail on $250 bail along with the two detainers for the Minnesota warrants.

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