NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A man found passed out in some bushes on Flagler Avenue just after midnight this morning from drinking too much was taken into protective custody and transported to the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach to sleep it off.
Police Sgt. Christopher Roos said in his report that while he was eastbound on Flagler, he was flagged down by a person who reported a man sleeping in the bushes.
Here is the synopsis of what Roos said he encountered encountered 12:05 a.m. Tuesday in the vicinity of 376 Flagler after waking the man up from his inebriated sleep: "I made contact with the male who was impaired to the point where he was unable to care for himself or provide any information to care for him for someone to care for him."
Roos said he took the man into protective custody, an option available to police in situations like this, and taken to the branch jail to sleep off the intoxication. The man's name wasn't listed in the brief synopsis.