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North Pole man clipped for DUII on riding mower
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 | No comments posted.
NORTH POLE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers used lights and sirens to apprehend a North Pole man suspected of driving under the influence after he allegedly led them on a slow-speed chase that covered several lawns.
The 20-year-old man was on a riding mower. Sunday’s pursuit lasted about 200 feet and reached speeds of up to 5 mph before a trooper got out of a cruiser and told the man to stop.
Troopers received a call early Sunday complaining of an intoxicated man driving a mower. They said Wyatt Lewis’s blood-alcohol content was 0.18 percent, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08 percent.
Driving a lawnmower while drunk qualifies for a DUII charge. Lewis also was charged with failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer.
No phone number was listed for Lewis in North Pole, and a message left with the Fairbanks Correctional Center on Tuesday was not immediately returned.
The 20-year-old man was on a riding mower. Sunday’s pursuit lasted about 200 feet and reached speeds of up to 5 mph before a trooper got out of a cruiser and told the man to stop.
Troopers received a call early Sunday complaining of an intoxicated man driving a mower. They said Wyatt Lewis’s blood-alcohol content was 0.18 percent, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08 percent.
Driving a lawnmower while drunk qualifies for a DUII charge. Lewis also was charged with failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer.
No phone number was listed for Lewis in North Pole, and a message left with the Fairbanks Correctional Center on Tuesday was not immediately returned.
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