WASHINGTON COUNTY - A star from the reality television series 'Little People, Big World,' which is filmed locally, faces DUII charges.
Matthew Roloff, 45, was cited for DUII, refusing a breath test and failure to drive within a lane for an incident that happened just before midnight on June 19.
According to the Washington County Sheriff's Office, a deputy saw a white van failing to stay in its travel lane as it was headed westbound on Northwest West Union Road near Cornelius Pass Road.
After being pulled over, police say Roloff failed a field sobriety test and they arrested him. He was taken to the Washington County Jail where he was cited and then released.
The Roloff family, which is made up of little and average-sized people, has gained much media attention as the stars of 'Little People, Big World,' which documents their lives. The family runs a farm north of Hillsboro.
First off, I'm quite familiar with the area he was pulled over in, and you've really got to work at it to get pulled over there. Patrols are few and far between, and the patrolling officers know they need to fry the biggest fish -- IE the ones that just can't keep it in their lane.
And I'd love to see the video of a freaking drunk midget trying to do field sobriety tests.
What a dumbass. If you're going to refuse the breath test, then you sure the hell need to refuse the field tests. You're losing your license anyway, why give them more evidence to charge you with a crime? A crime they can't prove, but our county has quite the precedent for "guilty until proven innocent" when it comes to railroading alleged DUIIs to make some bucks.
Him and my buddy, who is Roloff's neighbor out in the close-in-sticks should figure out a way to carpool, since there isn't a store for a few miles in any direction out in Helvetia, and since my buddy is also currently sans license, for about the same reason (although his attorney seems to think the appeal is a slam-dunk).
Whole buncha drunk driving goes on out in the agland outside of town.