One of the most unusual cases of DUI reported this year occurred in Fairbanks on Wednesday.

63-year-old Fairbanks resident Merrill Moses was reported to the Fairbanks police department on Wednesday night for operating a shopping cart while under the influence of alcohol after trying to drive the cart into the traffic in the Fred Meyers parking lot.

Police arrived at Fred Meyers to find an employee of Fred Meyers detaining the inebriated Moses by holding the handle bars of the motorized cart. It was reported that he was being held back for fear he would be injured by another vehicle.

When police attempted field sobriety tests on Moses, he failed. Police said he could not stand without assistance. A breathalyzer test showed an alcohol level well in excess of the .08 that is the legal limit for driving a motorized vehicle. Moses measured a .310 according to police.

Fred Meyer reported that this is not the first time that Moses has operated a cart in the store while under the influence and has attempted to run over store employees when he was contacted in the past.

Moses was also charged with Theft III shoplifting for leaving without paying for items in the shopping cart basket.

Acccording to court records, Moses has a prior DUI, several Theft IV charges as well as multiple open container and drinking in public charges against him in his recent history.

According to Fairbanks police, Moses refused an official breath sample at the station later.