A truck driver was arrested Tuesday on charges of driving under the influence of drugs. His impounded truck is shown here. Contributed photo 
 
 Recorder Staff 
 
 SOUTH DEERFIELD — Police arrested a truck driver who they say had driven without rest from Washington state to the Greenfield Road Circle K parking lot while using crystal methamphetamine, LSD and cocaine. 
 
 Officers were called Tuesday afternoon after a “Circle K Employee noticed something was up, that wasn’t normal. He was running around the parking lot and was confrontational,” Deerfield Police officer Adam Sokoloski said Wednesday. 
 
 Gary Robbins, a resident of Homer, Alaska, was charged Tuesday with driving on drugs and “a laundry list” of motor vehicle violations leveled by the State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement agency, Sokoloski continued. 
 
 Robbins also threw his credit cards into the truck’s fuel tank, ”locked himself out of the truck, and was trying to climb into the cab” through the space between the cab and trailer, Sokoloski said, noting Robbins did not own the truck. 
 
 Sokoloski said Robbins was fueling up after delivering raspberry roots to the area. 
 
 At the scene, Police Sgt. Harry Ruddock III “began speaking with (Robbins) and the driver was clearly acting combative and showing signs of drug use,” including dilated pupils, Deerfield Police posted on its Facebook page. 
 
 “He was clearly a danger to himself and others,” Sokoloski said. 
 
 “It appeared the driver didn’t rest, only used drugs, and he drove from Seattle, Wash., to Deerfield, with a destination on the East Coast,” the police posted on social media. 
 
 Later, police say, Robbins admitted to using drugs but refused to go to the hospital. “Officers had quite the struggle to get this truck driver to the Baystate Franklin Medical Center.” 
 
 Immediately, police and the Registry of Motor Vehicles revoked Robbins’ license, and “the trailer truck was impounded and brought to the Whately truck stop for a full inspection by the State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Section.” 
 
 Robbins has been summoned to appear in Greenfield District Court. 
 
 Sokoloski praised the actions of the Circle K staff, and said, “if you see someone acting strangely, feel free to give the local police department a call.” 

 Strange things were afoot at a Circle K this week. 
 
 Police say a trucker was arrested Tuesday at a gas station in Deerfield, Massachusetts, after a Circle K manager said he was "acting erratically" and trying to put his credit card in the fuel tank. He had also apparently locked himself out of the tractor-trailer. 
 
 Gary Robbins, 49, a truck driver from Homer, Alaska, reportedly admitted he had been driving nonstop from Seattle, Washington, while "whacked out" on crystal methamphetamine, LSD and cocaine. That's a trip of roughly 3,000 miles and 44 hours long, according to Google Maps. 
 
 Deerfield police officer Adam Sokoloski told the Boston Herald that they first suspected a medical emergency, but then observed signs consistent with drug use. 
 
 "He was argumentative and he had dilated pupils... It was clear he was under the influence of something," Sokoloski said. "He was endangering the lives of other people and endangering his own life." 
 
 Amazingly, Robbins did not injure anyone on the trip, despite not resting on the lengthy trip that went through Upstate New York. 
 
 A study last year found going 17 to 19 hours without sleep led to the performance equivalent of a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level of 0.05 percent; longer periods without sleep were equal to a BAC of 0.1 percent or more, well over the legal limit. The National Sleep Foundation says an average of 100,000 crashes per year are caused by fatigued drivers. 
 
 Sokoloski said Robbins had just delivered a shipment of raspberry roots to a farm in nearby Whately before the incident. He was fueling up the truck when police stopped him at the gas station. 
 
 "Officers had quite the struggle to get this truck driver to the Baystate Franklin Medical Center," police wrote on Facebook. 
 
 According to the Greenfield Recorder, police and the Registry of Motor Vehicles immediately revoked Robbins' license, and the trailer truck was impounded. A cache of drugs was also found on Robbins. 
 
 Boston Magazine reports Robbins will face a number of charges, including operating under the influence. He's scheduled to appear in Greenfield District Court. 
 
 Sokoloski told the Herald that the Circle K employee deserves "a big credit... for recognizing the driver was acting weird and giving police a call." He encouraged anyone else who sees "someone acting strangely" to contact the authorities. 

 A 49-year-old long-haul trucker who police say admitted to driving nonstop from Seattle to Massachusetts while whacked out on crystal methamphetamine, LSD and cocaine was arrested in Deerfield Tuesday after he locked himself out of his truck and began acting “erratically,” authorities said. 
 
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– That a trucker drove cross-country while high on illegal drugs is worrisome enough—but police say Gary Robbins did that without any rest. The Alaska man was arrested in Deerfield, Mass., on Tuesday, and reportedly admitted to driving straight there from Seattle. His ride ended at a Circle K gas station, where an employee called police after witnessing erratic behavior in the parking lot, reports the Recorder: After inserting his credit cards into the fuel tank and locking himself out of the vehicle, Robbins was seen trying to break into the truck from the space between the trailer and front cab. Police say the 49-year-old admitted to using crystal meth, LSD, and cocaine to fuel his non-stop, cross-country ride. "They thought he was having a medical emergency," a cop tells the Boston Herald, but his argumentative nature and dilated pupils suggested drugs were involved. On Facebook, the Deerfield Police Department wrote, "Officers had quite the struggle to get this truck driver to the Baystate Franklin Medical Center. He was clearly a danger to himself and others"—though Syracuse.com observes Robbins "amazingly" didn't injure anyone on what it calculated was likely a 44-hour drive. Robbins' license has been revoked; he is being charged with operating under the influence of drugs and will face "many additional charges," per police. Prior to his arrest, Robbins had managed to deliver his cargo of raspberry roots in a town less than 10 miles away. (This is the fastest NY-to-LA drive ever.)