Police: Man arrived at jail drunk
Posted on: Thursday, 5 February 2009, 17:24 CST
An Iowa man arriving at a jail to serve his sentence in a public intoxication case was hit with a new, similar charge because he showed up drunk, police said.
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office said jail officials smelled alcohol on Johnathan David Gunn, 19, when he arrived at the facility Tuesday to begin his 3-day jail sentence for a Dec. 3 second-offense public intoxication conviction, the Iowa City (Iowa) Press-Citizen reported Thursday.
The criminal complaint filed against Gunn said the suspect admitted to drinking the previous evening and an initial test indicated Gunn had a blood alcohol content of .101, well over the state's legal limit for operating a motor vehicle, .08.
Gunn was charged with an aggravated misdemeanor count of third and subsequent public intoxication after a second test performed an hour later registered a blood alcohol content of .055.
Court records indicate that Gunn's next court appearance for the charge has not yet been set.
Source: United Press International
Related Articles
- Tobacco Smoke And Alcohol Harm Liver Worse As Combo
- Smoking, Alcohol Hurt Heart Worse in Combo
- Man Caught Trying to Swim into Country
- Court Ruling May Impact Iowa Beer Distributors
- High Potency and Other Alcoholic Beverage Consumption Among Adolescents
- Cancer Screening Among Jail Inmates: Frequency, Knowledge, and Willingness
- Less Intense Response to Alcohol Sheds Light on Genetic Tracing of Alcohol Dependence
- Alcohol Increases Bacterium's Virulence
- Adverse Events and Treatment Completion for Latent Tuberculosis in Jail Inmates and Homeless Persons*
- Making consumer health information accessible to the public
 |
 |
User Comments (0)
RSS Feeds