Snow Plow Driver Allegedly Did ‘3 Bumps of Cocaine’ Before Wild Ride That Smashed Porch and Garage

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• A Connecticut snowplow driver faces criminal charges for using cocaine to damage property, warrant says

• Search warrants say Mark Keane crashed into a porch, drove through a resident’s yard and crashed into a garage

• When police found him in the truck, he said he didn’t know how he got there, the warrant said.

A Connecticut snowplow driver allegedly went on a wild ride while high on three bricks of cocaine, damaging a porch, two cars and a garage — all on his first day on the job.

Mark Keene, 46, of Fairfield, was arrested Jan. 8 and charged with reckless driving and driving under the influence, online court records show.

His arrest stemmed from an incident at 7:15 a.m. on Dec. 28 while he was driving a truck shoveling snow near Glen Ridge Road and Tahmore Drive in Fairfield, according to an arrest warrant obtained by Connecticut News 12, ABC 7 and CT Insider.

According to the arrest warrant, he allegedly drove off the road and into the walkway of a house, across the front yard of the home and struck the front porch of the house next door, causing it to fall on one side.

Ring camera footage shows the truck crashing into a front porch, over a stone wall and through an adjacent property, Connecticut News 12 reported.

Video obtained by Connecticut News 12 shows the truck speeding across the street toward another house, hitting a sedan in the driveway, pushing it into a closed garage and coming to rest under an SUV parked inside.

Officers who responded to a 911 call about the crash said they found Keene sitting in his truck and said he “had no idea he had just been involved in a crash,” the warrant said.

The arrest warrant said Keane had “slurred speech and piercing pupils in his eyes.”

Soon after, he “began foaming at the mouth and turning blue,” and an officer injected him with an anesthetic and called an ambulance, the warrant said.

Inside the ambulance, Keene allegedly struggled with first responders, who had to strap Keene onto a stretcher, the warrant said.

He allegedly bit an officer on the hand and arm, the warrant states.

Keene later told police he got into a verbal argument with his girlfriend on the phone before he went to clear some driveways, the warrant said.

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He allegedly told police he had “smoked cocaine three times,” the warrant states. The next thing he remembered was sitting in his truck in the driveway, where police found him, according to the arrest warrant.

Toxicology tests performed on Keene showed he had cocaine, benzodiazepines and cannabinoids in his system, the warrant said.

According to Connecticut News 12, the incident occurred on Keene’s first day working for a landscaping company.

The owner told police he hired Keen the day before and asked him to plow and sand two specific driveways, but he never did so, the warrant said.

Keene turned himself in on Jan. 8 and posted a $15,000 bond.

He is scheduled to appear in court on February 25.

It was unclear whether he had retained an attorney who could speak on his behalf.

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