Friend's DUI

Teazer_9009
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:08:52 +0000

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That sounds a bit harsh for 1 DUI. Did she injure somebody or hit another car? Was there a secondary offense? Did she have a record? I’ve never heard of such a serious penalty for 1 DUI.

Seriously. What state was this in?

I grew up in a county that was notoriously lax on DUIs. Couple of friends got some and were able to get them dropped without too much of a hassle. Things have changed dramatically within the past couple of years though.



She didn’t hit another car, she went in a ditch and into someone’s yard, and may have taken out a mailbox in the process. The people who found her called the city police, but the state boys found her before they could get there.

I probably should have mentioned she was belligerent beyond words when the cops got there. She refused to do the tests (walking the line and all that), so they took her to the nearest hospital to do a blood test. She refused to do that started beating up the cops. She ended up with the two cops and her dad (a security guard at the hospital they took her to) pinning her to the ground. She was screaming, swearing, the works. They were going to release her to her dad’s custody, but he told them to take her in. She ended up spending the night handcuffed to a chair in the police station. They did eventually get her to do a breathalyzer and she ended up having something like a .28 BAC - YEAH.

I know all this because one of the arresting officers’ daughter was on the cheerleading squad that my drunk friend and I were on. We all found out at practice the next day. I guess she gave him a black eye and bit him. He had to get a Tetanus shot.

The charges ended up being DUI, Assulting an Officer, and something along the lines of damage to personal property - I think they went easy on her. She lost her license because Pennsylvania has ridiculous underage laws - if you are caught for underage drinking, you automatically lose your license for a year, regardless of whether a vehicle was involved or not. I think she (or her mom) had a speeding ticket they hadn’t paid and that’s why it was impounded - she couldn’t get it out without a valid license and the car was in her name. They should have kept her license - stone cold sober she still drives like a crazy person.

Another fun fact is, at the time of the arrest she was suspended from school for a week because she and her BFF egged one of our gym teachers’ house three nights in a row because the teacher was failing the BFF. The teacher’s nine year old neighbor got the plate number off my friend’s car and called the cops. The cops told the school about it, the girls were suspended and the teacher was thinking about pressing charges (they did a number on the paint job on her house).

The best part about this? My friend’s mom was on the way to the scene of the wreck to get in the front seat and say she fell asleep or something. Fully admitted this as well.