Drunk Driving

Man arrested for drunkenly hitting on Lakeville Taco Bell drive-thru employee

You can't blame a guy for trying, but you can blame him for being creepy and drunk -- especially when he's behind the wheel after bar close at a Taco Bell drive-thru.SEE ALSO: Vikings' Jerome Felton, arrested for DWI in McDonald's drive-thru, was lovin' it too much Nathan Halverson, a 26-year-old La ... More >>

Michael Brodkorb had .10 BAL when he seriously injured himself in one-car wreck [UPDATE]

-- Original post from morning of February 8; update at bottom --Up until 2005, Michael Brodkorb wouldn't have been doing anything illegal by driving around with a .10 blood-alcohol level in Minnesota. But now, he could face a drunken driving charge in connection with the one-car accident that left h ... More >>

Fred Smoot's attorney says officers made up story about Smoot peeing his pants

Fred Smoot's pants stayed dry throughout his DWI arrest, according to Smoot's attorney, Brian McDaniel.SEE ALSO:-- Fred Smoot pissed his pants during DWI arrest -- Former Viking Fred Smoot continues to terrorize neighborhood In an affidavit, US Capitol Police officer Seth Carll wrote that "During pr ... More >>

Eric Thomes mugshot photos chronicle DWI decline prior to Decker death [PHOTOS]

It now appears that Eric Thomes was the true killer of Officer Tom Decker, and that the shooting was part of a suicidal spiral that found him accruing four arrests for DWI in the previous year.SEE ALSO: Eric Thomes Facebook page: Profile of the "person of interest" in Officer Decker's murderYou can ... More >>

Justin Clark had roughly 35 drinks in four hours before 0.627 DUI arrest

SEE ALSO: Justin Clark of Iowa had a BAL of 0.627, nearly eight times the legal limitOn Tuesday, we told you about Justin Clark, the 24-year-old Iowan who was arrested for DUI with a unbe-freakin-lievable blood-alcohol level of 0.627.Clark was treated for drunkeness at a local hospital, but somehow ... More >>

Burrito assault: Adams man charged for allegedly using Mexican cuisine as weapon

See also:Edina drunk driver refuses to put down burrito, offers bribe, blows 2.84, flips bird during mugAn Adams, Minnesota man tossed a burrito at a woman Tuesday night and was charged with gross misdemeanor domestic assault in Mower County District Court, according to the Albert Lea Tribune.Adams ... More >>

Urinal Cake Man: Strangest anti-drunk driving campaign ever?

See Also: Meet Petey P. Cup North Dakota tries to market itself as hookup haven, fails Meet Urinal Cake Man, the super hero who lives in public bathrooms, and possesses the ability to tell how much you've been drinking by tasting your urine. This, friends, is law enforcement's secret weapon in ... More >>

Annie Stensrud, KEYC Mankato "drunk broadcast" anchor, sentenced to probation

SEE ALSO:-- Annie Stensrud, KEYC Mankato "drunk broadcast" anchor, charged with DWI-- KEYC Mankato anchor Annie Stensrud arrested for DWI-- KEYC Mankato anchor Annie Stensrud breaks silence on her "drunk broadcast" [VIDEO]It was a rough winter for Annie Stensrud, the 28-year-old former TV news ... More >>

Edina drunk driver refuses to put down burrito, offers bribe, blows .284, flips bird during mug

According to Edina police, Samuel Waters, 22, went on a burrito- and booze-fueled drunk-driving misadventure on June 27 that involved a hit-and-run and a full-blown fiasco in the police department's jail cell.At just before 9 p.m. that night, police received a report of someone driving over curbs an ... More >>

St. Charles graduating seniors forced to take breathalyzer exam during last school day

A group of St. Charles High School seniors were having some drinks at a bonfire last Thursday, the night before their last day of class.Sounds like fairly normal behavior, doesn't it? But a controversy is raging over how school administrators handled the situation when some seniors showed up for the ... More >>

Dashboard cam shows Wisconsin man getting arrested for driving lawn mower while drunk [VIDEO]

Either Charles Gray downed the strongest beer ever, or he was lying.Gray, 69, is a resident of Jackson, Land of Cheese. A police officer spotted him driving his lawn mower down a suburban street last Sunday evening, animatedly gesturing for the squad car to pass him. But the officer wasn't having it ... More >>

Randy Hopper, former Wisconsin GOP senator, says drunk driving arrest politically motivated

​And we think Minnesota's politics are bitter...Randy Hopper, a former GOP state senator in Wisconsin from Fond du Lac, testified yesterday that he believes his October 2011 drunk driving arrest was a result of his support for Governor Scott Walker's effort to eliminate collective bargaining for p ... More >>

Minnesota student group aims to end legislative immunity from drunk driving arrests

​Did you know Minnesota legislators have immunity from drunk driving arrests while the Legislature is in session?It's true. Article IV, Section 10 of the state constitution says, "members of each house in all cases except treason, felony and breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest dur ... More >>

Jeramiah Wall, fleeing State Patrol, kills himself and another driver

Wall fled a stop and blew through a red light before killing Deckert.​Jeramiah Wall, a 34 year old with a history of drunk driving, killed himself and another driver in an attempt to flee a State Patrolman at 1:00 Sunday morning. Sara Deckert, 28, was pulling into an intersection when Wall blew th ... More >>

James Knuuttila faces 10th drunk driving arrest

Knuuttila was already scheduled for a trial this fall for another durnk driving arrest.​Someone get this guy a personal breathalyzer. James Knuuttila, a 62-year-old Wisconsin man, was arrested last week on suspicion of -- among other things -- drunk driving. This is the 10th time Knuuttila ha ... More >>

Tim Pawlenty makes pub crawl joke even though his staffers have DWI arrests

One of these guys is running for president, and the other three are drunk drivers who are trying to help him.​Tim Pawlenty is so desperate to be interesting he's turning his campaign into a deleted scene from Beer League.Today, T-Paw flailed at Obama on Twitter, making an unfunny joke about Barack ... More >>

If Tim Pawlenty wasn't running for prez, he'd "play hockey and drink beer"

​Tim Pawlenty is sounding less like the next leader of the free world and more like a unemployed schlub in his new interview with Time Magazine.In a curious passage, the former governor of Minnesota is asked why he's running for president, and he says, "I don't know."Uh, that's not a good start .. ... More >>

AirTran pilot arrested at MSP for alleged boozing before Milwaukee flight

​Either the party went on too long, or it was just getting started, but either way an AirTran Airways pilot was arrested at 5:45 a.m. on Saturday for allegedly hitting the sauce before going to work. So the party's over. After TSA officer smelled alcohol on the pilot's breath, MSP police nabb ... More >>

Ben Foster resigns from Pawlenty campaign after drunken debauchery

A parting of the ways for Ben Foster and Tim Pawlenty.​Benjamin Limbaugh Foster, we hardly knew ye. It was just two weeks ago that the Pawlenty staffer got himself arrested attempting to break into a home in Iowa after apparently getting lost while drunkenly driving himself home. The Pawlenty ca ... More >>

Rep. Mark Buesgens, on probation for DWI, pulled over again

Buesgens in his September mug shot.​Rep. Mark Buesgens is already on probation for a drunken driving conviction last year that embarrassed Tom Emmer's gubernatorial campaign, and led to Buesgens giving up a House leadership role. Now he's been pulled over again. Buesgens was stopped on Wedn ... More >>

Cynthia Bearhart: Mugshots of a chronic DWI offender

Burnett County Sheriff's DepartmentCynthia Bearheart hits double digits on her DWIs. No celebrations are planned.​Wisconsin has been taking some grief in the past few months for having the highest drunk driving rate in the nation -- nearly 24 percent. But at least part of Wisconsin's problem ... More >>

Mark Buesgens quits House leadership post

Buesgens gives up his gavel.​A DWI conviction won't keep you out of the state Legislature, but it can get you booted from your committee chairmanship. Mark Buesgens, the Jordan state representative busted for drunk driving this summer, has resigned his chairmanship of the House State Government a ... More >>

Rep. Mark Buesgens sentenced in DWI charge

Buesgens's probation should wrap up in time for reelection.​A judge sentenced Minnesota Rep. Mark Buesgens to 60 hours of community service today for his September DWI charge. Buesgens will also serve two years of probation, meaning he'll be free and clear at about the same time his next leg ... More >>

Mark Buesgens pleads guilty to DWI three days after reelection

Rep. Mark Buesgens has had a week full of ups and downs.​When State Rep. Mark Buesgens drove into a ditch and was captured on a police dash-cam spectacularly failing a field sobriety test in September, it seemed like consequences might never be the same. After all, Buesgens was listed as the chair ... More >>

Justin David Peterson delivered sandwiches drunk twice in one night

Drivers so drunk you'll freak.​Ostensibly pissed he had to work on a Saturday night, Justin David Peterson decided to get piss-drunk during his shift at a Winona sandwich shop. The only problem with his plan: he was supposed to be making the delivery runs.

Mark Buesgens resigns as GOP consultant after DWI arrest

Image courtesy Wright County Sheriff's DepartmentRep. Mark Buesgens steps down as GOP consultant.​State Rep. Mark Buesgsens resigned as a GOP consultant today after being arrested Saturday night in Wright County on suspicion of drunken driving. Buesgens was listed as the chairman of Tom Emmer's gu ... More >>

Tripp Emmer drank illegally at a strip club the night of his arrest

Tripp Emmer told police he was drinking illegally at a strip club named Lookers in Alexandria.​Tripp Emmer and a bunch of his hockey-playing buddies got drunk at a strip club on July 10. Then they got nabbed for underage boozing, and managed to help drag Republican Rep. Tom Emmer's drunken dri ... More >>

Tom Emmer's former campaign chief Mark Buesgens nabbed for DWI

Mark Buesgens: Out of the ditch and into trouble.​Republican state Rep. Mark Buesgens tried to drive his car out of a ditch Saturday night and steered right into a pile of trouble, both for himself and Tom Emmer's campaign for governor. A Wright County deputy said a field sobriety test showed ... More >>

Tom Emmer's 2 DWIs rock GOP race for governor

Tom Emmer​"This is a letter I wish I did not have to write," began the April 20 message from Sandra Berg that made the news media rounds yesterday. "However, my sense of duty as a state convention delegate and my family's personal story compel me to do so." What followed was an account of the ... More >>

Marcus Sheen drunkenly hits police officer with car

Marcus Sheen, a 22-year-old Maple Grove man, was arrested early this morning after mowing down Minneapolis Police Sgt. Rena Dudgeon in front of a police precinct.

Trooper Scott Urdahl arrested for DWI

​How's this for irony: The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is trumpeting 172 DWI arrests in March during a statewide crackdown on drunken driving. Meanwhile, off-duty Minnesota State Trooper Scott Urdahl just got arrested for driving while impaired after a two-car crash Tuesday night in ... More >>

Drunk man sleeping in car still deserves DWI, Minn. Supreme Court says

It's official: You really can get a DWI if police find you drunk in your car with no evidence you ever drove the car while intoxicated.

2,577 arrested for driving drunk during December in Minnesota

The arrests are part of a federally-funded crackdown that will continue into 2010, the State Patrol says.

Drunken driving suspect hopes cop's kids die, threatens dog

Things get out of hand after a La Crosse man is taken in for a blood alcohol test.

Gift idea: designated-driver cards

What loved one wouldn't be thrilled to receive such a gift?

Drunk man drove circles with 7-year-old on top of car

It's one thing to go out for a drunken joy cruise alone if you are a boozed-up idiot, but offering a 7-year-old a sweet ride on top of your car is probably an epic fail in anyone's book.

Wisconsin woman cops to 13th drunken driving charge

Lisa White, 51, of St. Croix Falls, just pleaded guilty to her 13th -- that's right, 13th -- drunken driving charge.

Suspected drunk driver crashes into adult hayride

A 26-year-old Foley woman was arrested Saturday when her SUV crashed into the tractor pulling adults taking a hayride.

Couple busted driving drunk with seven unbuckled kids

Police say they busted a man and his girlfriend Sunday in Minneapolis driving drunk. When they found the car, they discovered seven children in the backseat all unbuckled.

Man lying in Wis. road killed by drunk driver

A Wisconsin woman faces homicide charges after she allegedly ran over a man lying in the road while she was driving drunk. Only in Wisconsin, folks.

Baby flies from car, drunk mom flees the scene

Willmar police say a drunk mom took such a sharp turn in a cul-de-sac at a trailer park that the car's back door swung open and her iinfant fell out into the street after not being strapped in. Then she took off.

Metro Transit bus driver blows a 0.24, six times driving limit

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Social networking late bloomers learn how to use their 'friends', take a dump in style

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Fox9 reporter charged with DWI

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Crime blotter: directionally impaired

Koren Robinson in the Nicollet County Jail

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