A Roswell man faces charges after police say he was driving while high with a child in his car, according to Channel 2 Action News.
Dashcam video obtained by Channel 2 from Alpharetta police shows officers questioning Norman Bercey outside a Mansell Road gas station on March 5.
Phil Head called 911 after seeing Bercey stumbling around the gas station.
“I initially thought he was heading towards Mansell to catch a bus, but then I saw him get into a car,” Head told Channel 2.
When police arrived, they questioned Bercey and conducted a field sobriety test.
“The driver stated that within two hours he had taken Percocet, morphine, other narcotics that put him in the state he was currently in,” George Gordon with the Alpharetta Police Department told Channel 2.
Bercey had his 5-year-old with him in the SUV, which only made charges worse.
“He was charged with DUI, multiple substances and endangering the child while driving in that state,” Gordon told the television station.
Head told Channel 2 he was even more thankful he called after he learned a child was in the car.
“I feel great about it,” Head said. “I felt good about it to begin with and you know the fact that a child’s life might have been saved, as a parent, I feel that’s the best I could have done.”
Bercey told Channel 2 Monday that he believes police should have never arrested him. He said he took the medication because he is disabled and he doesn’t remember ever driving the car.
Bercey also told the station he loves his children and the last thing he’d ever do was put them in danger.
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