A 65-year-old Butler man who allegedly had way too much to drink Tuesday was arrested after driving away from Oesterling’s Feed & Farm Supply on South Monroe Street in the wrong minivan.

But in Anthony DeAngelo’s defense, the light blue minivan he took looked just like the light blue minivan he had driven to the feed store.

“The officers said the vans looked identical,” Butler police Capt. David Dalcamo admitted Wednesday.

Police believe DeAngelo drove to the store in his daughter’s Dodge Caravan shortly before noon. He went inside, leaving the vehicle running.

Not long after, another customer drove there and parked his Chrysler minivan nearby in the store parking lot, leaving the keys in the ignition.

But when the alleged victim, a 56-year-old Butler man, returned to get his van, it was gone. However, the other van, DeAngelo’s it turned out, was still there, and still running, according to court documents.

Police were notified and soon identified DeAngelo from the license plate on his van. They went to his home but he wasn’t there.

His wife, however, told officers that she believed he was intoxicated when he drove away earlier that day in their daughter’s van.

Police left but soon spotted the van matching the description given by the victim. They stopped the vehicle at American Avenue and Whitmire Street. DeAngelo was behind the wheel.

The officers advised the suspect he was in a vehicle not his. But he seemed confused, documents said. And he seemed drunk.

He failed several field sobriety tests but refused to provide a breath sample, according to police.

DeAngelo was arraigned on charges of driving under the influence and unauthorized use of a vehicle and placed in the Butler County Prison on $5,000 bail.

Dalcamo would not speculate if police think DeAngelo mistakenly took the wrong van.

But, he did have some general advice: “Don’t leave your keys in your car,” he said, “or leave your car running.”