Patrick Lee Powers arrested on DUI: Highest rate after welfare check in Bloomsburg
Officers found a man slumped in a stopped vehicle on Valley Road; a blood test later showed a BAC of 0.223%.
On Aug. 7, 2026, Montour Township officers responding to a welfare check found 46-year-old Patrick Lee Powers slumped and unresponsive in a blue Toyota stopped in the 500 block of Valley Road, traveling toward Bloomsburg. Officers observed multiple open BuzzBallz containers, detected a strong odor of alcohol, and after Powers failed field sobriety tests he was taken into custody; a blood draw at Bloomsburg Hospital showed a BAC of 0.223%. He faces a DUI: highest rate charge plus related charges including restriction on alcoholic beverages and stopping/standing/parking outside business and residence districts.