A Rockville Superior Court judge has granted a defendant’s motion to suppress statements attributed to the arresting officer in a drunken driving case, and in doing so, criticized the officer for allegedly not following proper protocol.

Judge Hope Seeley said Ellington police officer Bart Alexander made multiple missteps in arresting a 37-year-old Ellington man in his driveway. Alexander arrested Andrew Kinghorn after receiving a report of a man possibly driving drunk in a pickup truck, but failed to confirm the color, type of vehicle, or license plate number.