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Officials said a man gave deputies more than they asked for when he was pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving. Sheriff Greg Bartlett told WAFF Tuesday that 48-year-old man pulled out in front of a deputy in the early morning hours of Halloween and the official observed the truck weaving in and out of lanes heading to I-65.
In stories Oct. 22 and Oct. 29 about a motorized recliner in which a man was arrested in Proctor, Minn., for driving drunk, The Associated Press erroneously described the recliner as a La-Z-Boy. Police in Proctor, where the recliner will be auctioned, say the brand is not La-Z-Boy.
The call came into the 911 dispatcher: "I don't want to hurt anybody. I'm drunk." And with that, Mary Strey, 49, of Granton, reported herself as a drunken driver about three miles northeast of Neilsville in central Wisconsin.
A motorized La-Z-Boy used by a man who pleaded guilty to driving it drunk is going up for auction. But police said interested bidders need to keep it off the streets. The chair, powered by a lawnmower engine, comes equipped with a stereo, cup holders and lights.
A 50-year-old Reno man has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving for the third time in less than three weeks. Reno Police Sgt. Tom Robinson said the man was stopped Monday afternoon on a U.S. Highway 395 off-ramp on the south end of town after a concerned citizen alerted police about his erratic driving. He said a check of the man's police record found he had been arrested on the same charge two other times since Oct. 2.
Troopers have charged a 22-year-old upstate New York woman with aggravated driving while intoxicated after she showed up drunk at the state police barracks to give a ride to a friend who had been arrested earlier for DWI. Troopers said Stacy Kolinski had a blood alcohol level of .20 percent — more than double the legal limit — when she arrived at the Lafayette barracks 10 miles south of Syracuse around 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
Officials say a drunk father and son burglarized a home and were caught after the son was found passed out under the invalid homeowner's bed. DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris said Wednesday that a 37-year-old man and his 19-year-old son were arrested Sunday.
A Canadian man has been sentenced to life in prison for mowing down a woman in a wheel chair as he drove drunk. It was his 19th drunk driving conviction, the court said.
Two women who lost a father and brother in a July 26 crash caused by a wrong-way driver expressed outrage Friday at the driver’s husband’s claim that she wasn’t drunk and high. Their attorney challenged him to provide a hair sample of his own for analysis.
A court in southwestern China has sentenced a man to death for a drunken driving accident that killed four people, in what state media said Friday was a first for the country.
A South Korean man allegedly shot and killed a 10-year-old boy after hitting him with his car, apparently to hide the fact that he was driving drunk, police said Tuesday.
A western Pennsylvania husband and wife will enter a first-time offender program after both were charged with drunken driving in connection with the same car crash. Police charged 45-year-old Robert Kotoff Sr. and 42-year-old Tina Kotoff after their car hit a tree in Daugherty Township on April 5.
An American Airlines pilot failed a breath test at London's Heathrow airport, the airline said Thursday.
A rich Norwegian has been ordered to pay a 700,000 kroner ($109,000) fine after driving his car 400 yards while drunk. Police stopped the 49-year-old man in October near the airport for southern Norway's Kristiansand. Tests showed he had a blood alcohol content of .188 percent. Norway's maximum is .02 percent.
Police said an intoxicated 21-year-old broke into a house, apparently thinking he was at his own home. Police arrested the man in the basement of the house Saturday morning. He told them he was in his home.
Police in Wisconsin say four people were injured after a drunk driver hit another drunk driver in Racine.
Police in Harrisburg say the acting chief of Pennsylvania's Labor and Industry Department was too drunk to sign a citation for public drunkenness.
Some drunks got out of hand, but instead of barflies it was birds intoxicated from eating fermented fruit. The Health Department investigated after receiving calls this week about dead and floundering Cedar waxwing birds.
Police have arrested a 27-year-old man in a home burglary after the resident reportedly found him drunk on the floor. Police said a 24-year-old man came home from work Friday and found his back door open and his golf clubs on the ground. He searched his house and found various items moved and a stereo on the stairway.
Using a 19th-century law, a British court has fined a man 150 pounds ($215) after be admitted riding a horse while drunk.
Peru's top court said showing up to work drunk isn't enough to get you fired, less so if you aren't likely to put others at risk. Peru's constitutional court ruled a seaside district in Lima dealt out a punishment "disproportionate" to the crime by firing a maid for drinking on the job in 2004.
Police get calls about drunken drivers all the time, but rarely do they come from the alleged offender.
A man who state police said had a blood alcohol level more than six times the legal limit when he was arrested in July has pleaded no contest to drunken driving.
A Rhode Island man who authorities say had a blood-alcohol level more than six times the legal limit has pleaded not guilty to drunken driving.
State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent — the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead.
'Totally drunk' pol heavily $upported by Cambridge copsCambridge cops, who gave a "totally drunk" state senator an early-morning lift home but waited a month before reporting it, have routinely kicked in to his campaign re-election efforts. Police deny there was any special treatment for state Sen. Anthony D. Galluccio.
Oregon man charged with DUI after 911 callHe then called 911 again to complain that deputies had not arrived, but the dispatcher had trouble understanding Hoover because he was driving and stopping several times to vomit.
Police: Iowa Mail Carrier Found Drunk, Eating LeftoversPolice in Marion and postal authorities are investigating the case of a mail carrier who was allegedly found drunk inside a residence while on the job.
Mail Carrier found Drunk, Inside a ResidencePolice arrested a mail carrier after she was found drunk inside a residence while on the job in Marion earlier this month, authorities said Tuesday.
I like to drink alcohol. That shouldn't come as any surprise to anyone who knows me online or in my life. My drink of choice is scotch on the rocks and it's a rare night that I don't have 3 or 4 of them.
Woman Who Fell On Tracks 'Grateful, Humiliated'BOSTON -- The woman who narrowly escaped being run over by a subway train after she fell on Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority tracks last Friday said she is grateful that people were looking out for her safety and she's also humiliated.
Train woman's narrow escapeA young woman had a close call in Boston, U.S. when she fell on to subway tracks, in the path of an approaching train. Other passengers alerted the train driver who managed to stop the train in time.
Buttock-rubbing drink-driver tries to dance with cop A woman has found out the hard way that, if you've been pulled over for drink-driving, trying to dance with the police officer and rubbing your buttocks on his leg won't actually stop him arresting you.
911 tape released in California gang rapePolice released a 911 call in which a shaken young woman tells a dispatcher about a drunken, naked girl on a high school campus whom officers later said was gang-raped by as many as 10 people.
Port Orchard Man Accused of Biting Deputy During DUI Stop The deputy was investigating a car wreck... found a 1993 Isuzu Rodeo in the ditch. A 28-year-old man showed up and said the car was his, but pointed out that the deputy couldn't prove he'd been driving.
Breathalyzer Man Busted A Halloween reveler dressed up as a Breathalyzer machine was arrested early Sunday for drunk driving.
Drunken man reportedly rams stolen lawnmower into school busMiddle school students on a bus got the giggles Wednesday afternoon.
Woman Calls Cops on Herself for Drunk Driving911 dispatchers often get calls from people observing an impaired driver on the road. What makes the call Mary Strey made unique, is that she called 911 on herself.
Sheboygan man claimed he was drunk from Jack Daniels steak A Sheboygan man with a fourth drunken driving charge pending is facing a new charge after failing a breathalyzer test, then claiming the test result was from eating a Jack Daniels steak, according to a criminal complaint.
Cops throw book at drunk studentsCarousing college students have been hit with $21,000 worth of citations - and 30 have been arrested - so far this fall as police throw the book at young drunks in the Allston-Brighton area.
Couple alive after car pins them to bed for almost an hour With motor fluid spraying their faces and the weight of a car numbing their bodies, two Nevada college students struggled to stay calm after a drunk driver allegedly tore into their home, ripping them from their slumber. Kristin Palmer and Trent Wood were asleep in their home la …
Richmond High student gang-rap ed outside danceGang rape of a 15 year old waiting for her dad to pick her up from a Homecoming dance.
Date-rape drink spiking 'an urban legend' Widespread spiking of drinks with date-rape drugs such as Rohypnol and GHB is an "urban legend" fuelled by young women unwilling to accept they have simply consumed too much alcohol, academics believe.
Diana probe: al Fayed compensated-Title1,-Title1Problematic forensics errors clouded the investigation into the... "incident".
Drunk bicyclist fined after asking police for alcohol test A drunk bicyclist got more than he bargained for when he went into a police station in the middle of the night and asked them to test his alcohol level.
Too Drunk to Buy Beer? Too drunk to buy beer? A shortened version of the original 10 minute video..
"The Drunkest Guy Ever" Stars In Funniest Video Ever"Drunkest Guy Ever Goes For More Beer." Yep, the title of this disturbing, yet hilarious video just about says it all. Surveillance cameras recently captured an insanely, intoxicated man stagger into a convenience store searching for what else: more beer.
Drunkest Guy EVER Goes on a Beer Run (Video)I don't believe I've ever seen anyone have such a hard time sitting down...
Police: Wis. Woman Strips To Avoid ArrestPolice say a Wisconsin woman stripped in front of her children in an attempt to avoid arrest in connection with shoplifting, then scuffled with officers and exposed herself through a squad car window.
Passed out vodka lover comes to sporting lewd tattoo A 27-year-old man from northern Sweden has certain regrets about drinking a full bottle of vodka after waking up the morning after with a six inch penis tattooed on his leg, newspaper Aftonbladet reports.
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