Kiba_Luvr
07-03-2006, 05:38 PM
A St. Cloud, Minnesota, man was busted when he was found unconscious on his riding lawnmower. Police said his blood alcohol level was almost three times the legal limit.
Neighbors witnessed the 24-year-old man plowed through yards, scaled curbs, and even did some donuts in a front yard around 11:00 PM on June 27.
“Lawnmowers are supposed to be for cutting grass, but not everybody in the neighborhood’s grass,” said resident Darwin Benjamin, who saw the man on the mower.
Police reported getting calls saying that the man was cutting grass at one point, but was mostly riding around the neighborhood erratically.
Police said that the unidentified man had a blood alcohol of 0.23%, which is almost three times the legal limit of 0.08%, for operating any motor vehicle, and that includes lawnmowers.
“The fact he was on a lawnmower, I think people find that humorous, but in all reality it is serious that he was operating this thing that late at night. And you hear all the time about people injured on lawnmowers. The fact that he was operating this thing at a 0.23 BAC, yeah, we’re going to take it seriously,” said St. Cloud Police Sergeant Jerry Edblad.
Police say that the man had two prior DWI convictions, as well as a revoked license. Police took the mower in as evidence, but they might give it back since it belongs to the man’s father.
The man is in jail and he could be charged with a gross misdemeanor.
Neighbors witnessed the 24-year-old man plowed through yards, scaled curbs, and even did some donuts in a front yard around 11:00 PM on June 27.
“Lawnmowers are supposed to be for cutting grass, but not everybody in the neighborhood’s grass,” said resident Darwin Benjamin, who saw the man on the mower.
Police reported getting calls saying that the man was cutting grass at one point, but was mostly riding around the neighborhood erratically.
Police said that the unidentified man had a blood alcohol of 0.23%, which is almost three times the legal limit of 0.08%, for operating any motor vehicle, and that includes lawnmowers.
“The fact he was on a lawnmower, I think people find that humorous, but in all reality it is serious that he was operating this thing that late at night. And you hear all the time about people injured on lawnmowers. The fact that he was operating this thing at a 0.23 BAC, yeah, we’re going to take it seriously,” said St. Cloud Police Sergeant Jerry Edblad.
Police say that the man had two prior DWI convictions, as well as a revoked license. Police took the mower in as evidence, but they might give it back since it belongs to the man’s father.
The man is in jail and he could be charged with a gross misdemeanor.