• Font Size    

Today's Most Popular Video

Fireworks Truck Explodes, Barge Aflame
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Lake Crystal Officer Nabs 2 DWI Suspects In 1 Car

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +
Nov 27, 2008 6:08 pm US/Central

Lake Crystal Officer Nabs 2 DWI Suspects In 1 Car

LAKE CRYSTAL, Minn. (AP) ― A police officer in southern Minnesota stopped only one car, but he ended up arresting two people for drunken driving.
  
Lake Crystal Police say officer Joe Swenson stopped a 25-year-old driver Tuesday and gave him a field sobriety test. He determined the man was drunk, so he arrested him and put the man in his squad car.
  
While Swenson was taking care of paperwork, he saw the passenger of the car, a 40-year-old man, jump into the driver's seat and speed away.
  
With the first DWI suspect in the back, police say Swenson followed the man, who eventually stopped but refused to take an alcohol breath test.
  
Lake Crystal Police Chief Tony Cornish says he's seen drivers attempt to switch seats with sober passengers, but he says he's never heard of a passenger taking off with a car when they're not in trouble.
  
Cornish says the man probably would have gotten a ride home but "in this case, he got a ride to jail instead."


(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.