Peculiar drunk driving articles for the week of April 24

Really odd drunk driving news – Multiples

1 traffic stop, 2 Indiana DUI arrests – State trooper stopped 19-year man for speeding and then arrested him for drunk driving in Indiana after determining his blood alcohol content was 0.17%. Troopers contacted the man’s father, the county coroner, to retrieve the vehicle. When the father arrived, he too was arrested for Indiana DUI after registering a BAC of .10%. Father and son were both booked on charges of driving while intoxicated.

2 Minnesota DWI charges in 2 hours – Lake Forest police stopped Michael Douglas Johnson for a traffic violation and was ticketed for fourth-degree DWI after registering a blood alcohol content of 0.15%. The time was 12:34 am. Rather than having the police tow the vehicle, a sober friend agreed to move it. However, at 1:49 am, Johnson was observed driving his truck at 15 miles per hour under the speed limit. He was stopped again and charged with a second fourth-degree MN DWI. He also spent the night in Washington County Jail.

1 day, 2 New York DWI arrests – Joseph Babbie was arrested by State Police for suspicion of drunk driving in New York at 2:22 a.m. Saturday. He was arraigned on a felony driving while intoxicated charge and released on his own recognizance. He was arrested again at 9:52 p.m. Saturday after taking a car without permission. Babbie was booked for his fourth NY DWI offense in 10 years and remanded to the Clinton County Jail.

3 Ohio DUI arrests in 6 days – Tammy Webb, 43, was arrested for driving under the influence in Ohio on April 1. The next day she was charged again with OH DUI. Her third arrest came April 6 when she stopped at a fire station at an auto plant to ask for directions. Police say that initial chemical tests did not reveal alcohol in her system during any one of the three incidents, though she was impaired and confused at the time of her arrests. Tests are being conducted to determine drug ingestion. Local law enforcement officers don't recall ever arresting one person so often in such a short period of time.

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