Poncho’s DJ Charged With 2nd DWI

Unless otherwise noted, information about the following incidents was supplied by the South Kingstown Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

Alan E. Skiffington, 47, of 180 Allen Ave., South Kingstown, was arrested at about 1:52 a.m. on March 30 and charged with drunken driving – second offense – and driving with a suspended license, and cited for refusing to submit to a chemical test.

According to police, an officer traveling behind Skiffington’s van on Post Road near Main Street saw it without any taillights on. Police said that as they attempted to then catch up with the van to make a traffic stop, it swerved several times and almost hit a stop sign.

Police said a traffic stop was finally made on Whitford Street, near the intersection of Willard Avenue and Allen Avenue. Police said that when speaking with Skiffington, he smelled strongly of alcohol.

According to police, when they asked Skiffington for his license, he replied, “I live just right around the corner, sir.” When he was again asked for his license, he allegedly told police, “I work at Poncho O’Malley’s and I’m a DJ, I live right around the corner.”

Police said a background check revealed that Skiffington’s license was suspended. Police said that when trying to inform him of this, he told them, “I live right around the corner, can’t you just let me go home?”

According to police, at this point they asked Skiffington to submit to field sobriety tests, to which he allegedly replied, “Sir, I live right around the corner, is that necessary?”

Police said Skiffington consented to field sobriety tests, but continued to speak to officers, asking them to “please be easy on me, you know what I mean” and again repeating that he lived around the corner.

According to police, Skiffington failed field sobriety tests, and kept asking officers if he could just go home while taking them. At one point, he allegedly said, “Officer, I really don’t feel like I’m that bad.”

Police said Skiffington was arrested after failing field sobriety tests. According to police, Skiffington at first consented to taking chemical breath tests, noting that, “I really feel like I can pass this but I know my lawyer always said I shouldn’t take it.”

However, police said that when Skiffington saw the results of his first chemical breath test – a blood alcohol content of .117 – he allegedly said, “**** that, I’m refusing.”

According to police, Skiffington was processed and then released at about 5 a.m. According to online records, Skiffington has one previous arrest.

Skiffington pleaded no contest in June 2012 to a South Kingstown police charge of driving with a blood alcohol level of at least 0.08. He was ordered to pay a fine and court costs, to surrender his license for 30 days, and to complete 10 hours of community service and DWI school.

Unless otherwise noted, the information for this article was compiled from South Kingstown police reports, which are available for review by any member of the public at their headquarters. If we’re missing a call or report you’re interested in knowing about, feel free to leave a comment or to send Local Editor Stephen Greenwell a message at Stephen.greenwell@patch.com.

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