Man Found Passed Out at Gas Pump in Lakeville

A Coon Rapids man reportedly found by police passed out in the driver’s seat of a vehicle at a Lakeville gas pump has been charged with several crimes.

Danny Leslie Armstrong, 48, has been charged with felony fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance and two misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree driving while impaired.

According to a Dakota County criminal summons released this week:

At about 4 p.m. on Feb. 28, Lakeville police responded to a report of a man passed out in a car parked at a gas pump. When police arrived, they allegedly found Armstrong passed out. Officers knocked on the vehicle’s windows, which eventually awoke Armstrong.

Armstrong reportedly told police he not under the influence of alcohol or drugs. A officer found a bottle containing Alprazolam in the driver’s side door, and Armstrong reportedly denied taking any of those pills that day.

Armstrong, who had a revoked driver’s license, failed a field sobriety test. He allegedly told police that he took heroin four days prior to the incident. Police then was arrested him for suspicion of driving under the influence of a controlled substance.

During a search of the vehicle, police found a bag containing a trace amount of heroin and items reportedly used to make heroin ready to ingest by a syringe.

A sample of Armstrong’s blood studied at the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension tested positive for morphine, amphetamine, methamphetamine and methadone.