Marathon Man Arrested After Getting Stuck in Field; Charged With DWI

Just after 6:30pm on Thursday, October 31st, officers with the Cortland County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single vehicle crash on Route 221 in the Town of Lapeer. When officers arrived on scene, they found 52 year old Benjamin M. Higgins of Marathon, had gotten his vehicle stuck in a field.

During the investigation to why Higgins ended up in a field with his vehicle, officers determined he was driving while intoxicated. Higgins was arrested and charged with DWI, a Misdemeanor, and numerous infractions. He was taken to the Cortland County Sheriff’s Office for processing and later arraigned through the Centralized Arraignment Process the following day.

Higgins was later released and is due in Lapeer Town Court later this month.