Peculiar Drunk Driving Stories - #1

Now for a bit of levity:

Police use taser on naked California DUI suspect – Santa Ana police pulled over a man suspected of driving under the influence in California after he struck another car. When the driver refused to put up his hands the police hit him with a stun gun. When the officers moved in for an arrest, they found the man completely naked. The man was taken for drug and alcohol testing.


Naked motorcyclist arrested for Florida DUI – Police followed Dante Kraus early on a Tuesday morning riding down Interstate 75 on his motorcycle completely naked. They finally pulled him over after the 45-year ran exited the highway and ran a red light. Kraus said that he had been drinking a Hooter's restaurant and did not know how he lost his clothes. He was arrested for his fifth suspected DUI in FL.

Indiana DUI suspect sues after police forced catheter into him – An Indiana man stopped for suspicion of impaired driving is suing the police in Lawrenceburg after they forced a catheter into his penis to get a urine sample. Jamie Lockard was stopped for running a stop sign and police conducted a breath test to test for blood alcohol content. The police then obtained a search warrant and took Lockard to a hospital for blood and urine samples. When Lockard said he couldn't provide a urine sample and refused to drink any liquid, the police forcibly held him down and inserted the catheter. In a complaint filed in federal court, Lockard is seeking an unspecified amount of damages and a jury trial.

Nude knocker held on California DUI - Peter Allen Steele is accused of ringing people's doorbells while naked. He was apprehended by San Mateo sheriff's deputies after streaking through a Redwood City home and into the woods. It took a taser and two shots from a bean bag gun to bring down the 6'7", 250 pound suspect. Steele was charged with drunk driving in California, indecent exposure, evading police officers and entering a house without permission.

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