Peculiar drunk driving articles for the week of February 27

Really odd drunk driving news – Vehicles

California DUI in a stolen shopping cart - Around 9 p.m. on a Tuesday night, Marcos Urbano took off in a $3000 motorized shopping cart from a Wal-Mart. Napa police spotted Urbano, 24, traveling in the fast lane of a major roadway. The officer stopped Urbano and charged him with drunk driving in California, felony grand theft and not having a valid driver’s license.

Texas DWI on a tractor – The Nacogdoches Police Department stopped Gerald Herbert Jr. for suspicion of driving while intoxicated in TX. Rather than a car, truck or motorcycle, however, Herbert was driving a tractor. According to Texas DWI law, operating any type of motorized vehicle makes the driver subject to drunk driving penalties. The tractor was then impounded.

New Mexico DWI on a four-wheeler – Police spotted Richard Casados, without head lights, heading down a road the night of Valentine’s Day. Casados, 49, refused to stop and the officer followed him to a nearby home. Approaching the suspect the officer detected a strong odor of alcohol. When asked what he was doing, Casados replied he was going to see his ‘sweetheart’. Rather than flowers or candy, police found 14 cans of beer in one of the saddle-bags of the vehicle. Casados was booked on charges of NM DWI. It was his eighth such offense.

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