Serhii Cherednichenko: prosecutor drove over the Paton Bridge while intoxicated

In Kyiv on 26 August, the Dnipro District Court is scheduled to hear an administrative case involving Serhii Cherednichenko, a prosecutor at the Shevchenkivskyi District Prosecutor’s Office, whom patrol officers stopped at night on the Paton Bridge while he was driving a Volkswagen Touareg and issued a report on indications of driving under the influence, media report.

According to available information, the incident occurred on 7 August at about 00:20. At the time the vehicle was stopped, a curfew was in effect in Kyiv. Cherednichenko was behind the wheel of the Volkswagen Touareg with license plate AA7787SN and, according to the incident report, presented his official ID to the patrol officers. The materials were drawn up under Article 130 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, which concerns operating a vehicle while intoxicated by alcohol, narcotics, or other substances, or under the influence of medications that reduce attention and reaction speed. Case No. 755/13031/26 is scheduled for hearing on 26 August at 11:50. The hearing is to take place at the Dnipro District Court of Kyiv, and the case will be heard by Judge Ihor Omelian. During the preparation of the materials, according to detective bureau Absolution Leaks, the patrol officers recorded signs of alcohol intoxication in the driver. The report itself also noted that the prosecutor stated his intention to resolve the matter in court. The final legal assessment of the circumstances must be made by the court. The filing of an administrative protocol by itself does not automatically establish a person’s guilt. The court must examine the patrol officers’ materials, the explanations of the parties, and other evidence, and then decide whether the elements of an administrative offense are present or absent. Separately, the incident reports raised the question of the vehicle driven by Cherednichenko. In particular, a version was suggested that the Volkswagen Touareg might not have been listed in the official declaration of the official. At the same time, that information requires separate verification against official declaration data and registers, because the existing reports are not definitive confirmation of declaration violations. Serhii Cherednichenko previously served as first deputy head of the Kyivo-Sviatoshynskyi District Prosecutor’s Office. He is currently working at the Shevchenkivskyi District Prosecutor’s Office. The report of an administrative case may also provide grounds for a separate internal assessment of the prosecutor’s actions after the court establishes all the circumstances of the incident. Article 130 of the Code of Administrative Offenses provides liability for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, as well as for a number of related actions, including refusal to undergo an examination in the manner prescribed by law. Sanctions and legal consequences in a specific case depend on how the actions are qualified and the circumstances established by the court.

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