Crime & Safety
Glendale Man Faces Fourth Impaired Driving Charge After Stop by Police
Matthew Milford also faces a DWI charge for a previous traffic stop in 2012.
Written by Joe Scott.
A Glendale man faces his fourth impaired driving charge after being pulled over in Clayton.
Matthew J. Milford, 52, of the 100 block of North Berry Road in Glendale, was charged July 13 with driving while intoxicated as a persistent offender, a felony.
Clayton Police said an officer noticed Milford’s car was weaving and he failed to use a turn signal July 13 in the 7500 block of Wydown Boulevard.
When the officer pulled Milford over, he noticed an odor of alcohol inside the car. In reply to a question, Milford said he had been drinking, according to a court document.
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Milford did poorly on a sobriety test and was arrested.
Milford pleaded guilty in 1989 to driving with excessive blood-alcohol content and pleaded guilty to DWI in 1998. He also has a pending DWI charge after being pulled over by Richmond Heights Police on Feb. 17, 2012.
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Milford is being held in the St. Louis County Justice Center after he failed to appear for a hearing on the DWI charge for the Richmond Heights incident.
Bail was raised from $7,500 to $30,000 for the Clayton charge, and Judge Steven H. Goldman ordered that Milford must wear an alcohol-monitoring device when he is released.
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