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Cobb County Officer Arrested for Georgia DUI

Officer involved in hit and run accident while driving drunk.

Lt. Robert McGee, with the Cobb County Police Department, was charged with driving under the influence in Georgia after he was in a hit and run accident. The accident occurred on October 26 at Chastain Road and George Busbee Parkway in Kennesaw.

McGee turned himself in and was booked at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center on charges of GA DUI, hit and run and following too closely.

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Head of University of Georgia Math Department Has GA DUI Dismissed

Joseph Fu had been arrested for drunk driving even though his blood alcohol level was below legal limit.

The Athens-Clarke County State Court dismissed the charge of driving under the influence in Georgia that had been filed against the head of the UGA math department. In an agreement reached last week, Joseph Fu entered a plea of no contest to reckless driving. He was found guilty of driving the wrong way on a one-way street.

Fu was charged with drunk driving in Georgia following a traffic stop for turning onto a highway exit ramp in the wrong direction. His blood alcohol content registered .057%, which is below the .08% legal threshold for intoxication in Georgia. Police still charged Fu under its ‘DUI Less Safe’ policy, which allows an officer to subjectively charge someone with DUI whenever alcohol is present and impairment is suspected.

Fu paid a $750 fine for court costs and was sentenced to 12 months probation and 20 hours of community service.

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Arrests for DUI in Georgia Way Down

Drunk driving arrests and alcohol related accidents much lower over holiday.

The Georgia State Patrol is reporting much fewer incidents of drunk driving and accidents across the state during the New Year’s holiday. No one died during the New Year’s festivities, and arrests for driving under the influence in Georgia were down 25% from last year. The total number of vehicle accidents was nearly halved, making it one of the safest holidays in memory.

State troopers attribute the reduction to a weakened economy, the fact that the holiday fell in the middle of the week and the impact of safe driving and anti-Georgia DUI messages.

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Georgia Beer - More Alcohol 14%

Georgia Beer Lovers to Get More Alcohol

Microbrews and International Concoctions to be Offered Along with Usual Lightweights

Story last updated at 6:55 a.m. Monday, June 21, 2004

Associated Press

ATLANTA--Beer in Georgia is about to get more kick.

The raising of the maximum beer-alcohol content from 6 percent to 14 percent means a new wave of microbrews and international beers will soon be for sale in the state, giving Georgians options beyond their usual lightweight brews.

"Beer has gotten a bad rap because of what we've been forced to drink the last 40 to 50 years," said Glen Sprouse, brewmaster at Five Seasons Brewing in Atlanta. "Maybe you haven't had a good beer before."

In a move supporters billed as a way to promote tourism, lawmakers passed a measure taking effect July 1 to make Georgia the nation's 42nd state to allow a higher beer-alcohol content. Of the holdouts that still limit beer strength, half are in the South: Alabama, Arkansas, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Georgia's beer lovers are delighted.

"The beers we really liked weren't available because of this law," said Ted Hull, a founding member of a group called Georgians for World Class Beer, which has pushed for reform since 1997. "We're very excited about it. It's been kind of a long road to get to this point."

Breweries are anticipating the influx of beers by holding tastings and parties.

Beers that will become available include homemade concoctions, those brewed by Trappist monks in Belgium and Indian pale ales.

The proposal to raise the beer-alcohol limit met resistance each of the last few years in the state Legislature. Some politicians were concerned teenagers would seek out beers with higher alcohol limits and people would get drunk faster and endanger roadways.

"The biggest concerns were adding to the number of DUIs and accidents related to alcohol that may kill somebody," said Rep. Craig Brock, R-Chatsworth, who voted against the bill. "It's been a hot issue."

But gourmet beer supporters say people don't drink these kinds of beverages to get drunk. They said these beers are more like sipping a fine wine or enjoying a piece of premium chocolate.

No one put up significant opposition to the legislation this year, not even Mothers Against Drunk Driving. At the same time, beer drinkers enlisted a few state representatives to help them and hired a lobbyist to persuade others.

"These beers have a very strong taste. It's an acquired taste," said Rep. Stephanie Stuckey Benfield, D-Decatur. "It appeals to a different kind of market."

To beer drinkers, the higher alcohol content won't be the appeal. They'll be drawn more to the wider variety of flavors available from stronger beers, Strouse said.

These beers have more aromatic, bitter and fruit-like tastes. Their alcohol contents range from just over 6 percent for Sierra Nevada to 10.2 percent for a beer like the trippel made by the Trappists.

They cost a few dollars more than regular beers because they're more expensive to brew. That could also make them unappealing to people just looking to get drunk, said Hull, a civil engineer and home brewer.

With the new law, the brewmaster for Athens-based Terrapin Beer Company, Brian Buckowski, is looking forward to making a mixture he calls the Big Hoppy Monster, a red ale with a taste of caramel and a citrus aroma with a 7.5 percent alcohol content.

"It opens a lot of doors to different styles of beers," Buckowski said.

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