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Motorcycle Crash Results In DUI Arrest Of Mt. Carmel Man

On 7/30/24, Mt. Carmel Police arrested Andrew W. Piller, age 52, of Mt. Carmel for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Leaving the Scene of a Vehicle Damage Accident following a motorcycle vs. curb traffic crash.  Upon arrival to the reported vehicle collision in the 100 block of N Market Street officers located a black Honda motorcycle laying on its side in a nearby yard.  No driver was located but officers were able to locate the owner by license plate, Piller, at his residence in the 700 block of N Walnut Street.  Officers found evidence to indicate Piller was the driver and that Piller had been picked up by another vehicle following the motorcycle crash.  Piller showed significant signs of impairment from alcohol but declined to submit to field sobriety testing.  Piller was placed under arrest and transported to the Wabash County Jail where he was processed for DUI and later released on a notice to appear.