A Canadian was arrested Thursday night outside Augusta National Golf Club after disobeying orders from deputies who were trying to control traffic.
Authorities say 44-year-old Roger J. Newton appeared to be intoxicated around 6 p.m. Thursday when the incident occurred. The Masters visitor started to dart into traffic after a Richmond County deputy tried to stop him at Gate 10 on Berckmans Road. He had gone by one deputy earlier and tried to cross before that officer told him to keep going to the crosswalk, but then he tried darting across traffic again. When Newton made it to the second deputy, he pushed away from the officer and darted into traffic.
Newton is from Edmonton, a city in Alberta, Canada. He was charged with disorderly conduct and taken to the Charles B. Webster Detention Center, where he was later released on a $285 bond.
His arrest marks the third arrest related to the tournament this year. The first two arrests also involved alcohol-related incidents near Augusta National. On Tuesday, Julie Dicks, 35, was arrested for DUI after leading deputies on a brief chase that ended on the grounds of the Augusta National Golf Club. Authorities say she attempted to bypass traffic near the course before turning into Gate 5, where she encountered a dead end and was taken into custody without further incident.
In a separate case the same day, 61-year-old Jeffery Shumate of Greenville, S.C., was arrested for disorderly conduct after he was caught urinating in public near the course. Deputies said he was intoxicated at the time.
