Week of March 16 Peculiar Drunk Driving Articles

Really Odd DWI News – Totally Weird

Missing wheel leads to Connecticut DUI – Around 3:15 in the morning, employees of a grocery store in Danbury alerted police to a vehicle leaving the parking lot missing a wheel. Responding officers narrowed their search after a report of a vehicle crashing into a stop sign. While questioning the only person on the scene, Jeffrey Ho admitted he was intoxicated but said it didn’t matter because he had not been driving. Ho, 24, was not aware that the vehicle was missing a wheel nor did he know when or how it was lost. Despite retracing the marks left in the pavement the wheel was not located. Ho was charged with drunken driving in Connecticut and reckless driving.

English woman suspected of drunk driving hides keys in personal place – Police were alerted by a family member to the fact that Jennifer Lowery, 38, had been drinking before she got behind the wheel of her car. When police located Lowery she had already parked her car near her home. When confronted, she denied driving. Lowery cursed when asked to perform a field sobriety test and blood test revealed a BAC more than twice the legal limit. After disputing that she had the car keys, police found them during an ‘intimate search’. Lowery maintained she did not drive the car, but admitted to having hidden the keys in her vagina because she had heard that a motorist could not be charged with drunk driving without keys.

California DUI after man crashes through own house – Responding to reports of an accident, police in Rancho Mirage found that Russell Hanson, 42, had hit two parked cars and continued to crash through his living room and dining room before coming to a stop in his kitchen. The three rooms sustained major damage though there were no injuries. Hanson was charged with driving under the influence in California.

Severed foot places man at Michigan OWI/DUI crash – Benjamin Pomeroy, 28 from LaPorte, was found guilty of drunk driving in Michigan despite his claims that he was not driving at the time of an accident. Police described finding Pomeroy caught by pants leg hanging out the driver’s side window when they arrived on the scene. In addition, a shoe containing his severed foot was found between the brake pedal and the accelerator. He was convicted on charges of felony Michigan DUI.