A Boulder man was arrested on suspicion of driving a city maintenance tractor while drunk at the Boulder Reservoir on the Fourth of July.
Boulder police received a call a little before 7 p.m. Monday that a man had gotten into the tractor and driven it from an area near the maintenance building, past the boat launch area, to the parking lot near the volleyball court, Boulder police spokeswoman Kim Kobel said.
According to a police report, the keys were in the tractor — a John Deere 4200 with a forklift on the front and a rototiller on the back — because a city worker was in the process of moving the vehicle, Kobel said.
According to the report, Phillip Harold Hall, 23, admitted to driving the tractor. When asked if he had been drinking, Hall told police, “I’m drunk for sure, but I’m trying to establish my independence,” Kobel said.
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