Alabama Man Charged with Lawnmower DUI
August 13, 2010 – 10:49 am
Here’s something that Alabama DUI criminal defense lawyers don’t come across every day. Alabama state troopers this weekend arrested a man in Slocomb for riding a lawnmower under the influence.
41-year-old James Calhoun was riding his Yard Man lawnmower, and it stopped on State Highway 52. A state trooper on the highway noticed that other motorists seem to be swerving to avoid something ahead. The trooper drove closer to get a better look, and found Calhoun driving a lawnmower on the highway.
The trooper suspected that Calhoun was intoxicated, and he was taken into custody. A blood-alcohol test showed a account of .17, more than twice the .08 allowed under Alabama law. He has been charged with driving under the influence and driving with a revoked license as well as an open container violation.
Alabama troopers are not exactly unfamiliar with persons driving unusual vehicles under the influence. They have in the past found persons driving golf carts while drunk, besides the usual cars, trucks and motorcycles. This one is bound to generate a few chuckles at the Slocomb Police Department for a few months come.
Across the country, law enforcement officers have come across even stranger models of intoxicated transportation. Perhaps the weirdest DUI offender of them all was pulled over in Minnesota in 2008 after he was found riding his motorized La-Z-Boy recliner. 62-year-old Dennis Anderson drank about nine beers at the bar and left the bar on his motorized recliner. His blood alcohol level was .29 when he crashed his recliner into a parked vehicle.
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