Man shows up drunk to OWI hearing

[Bones]

http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081016/NEWS01/81016006/1079/NLETTER01&source=nletter-news

On the list of places you shouldn’t show up drunk to, the Johnson County Courthouse is probably near the top

However, Iowa City Police said that’s exactly what a Coralville man did on Wednesday.

Court records show that Rodney Thompson, 61, was arrested for third-offense drunken driving on Aug. 2, and had a hearing in the case scheduled at the courthouse on 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

At 2:28 p.m., two Johnson County Sheriff's deputies saw Thompson leave the courthouse and get into the driver's seat of a red Ford truck. It wasn't immediately clear from court documents whether Thompson had contact with anyone at the courthouse or why he was leaving.

Police said Thompson started the truck and was about to pull away when he was stopped by the two deputies. According to a criminal complaint, Thompson smelled strongly of alcohol and had bloodshot, watery eyes. Police also said Thompson was slurring his speech, had poor balance and was unable to follow simple directions.

Thompson refused to do any field sobriety tests or allow the officers to gauge his blood-alcohol content.

Police charged Thompson with drunken driving. He has prior drunken driving convictions from 2002 and 2005 in addition to the pending charge from August.

A third or subsequent drunken driving offense is a class D felony.

 

[InDaShop]

ha, I have been in that jail :-\

 

[Bones]

ha, I have been in that jail :-\

WTF were you doing in IC? laughing1 laughing1

 

[blacksheep10]

I think he's thinking of Johnson county, KS. if not, disregard, but most likely
on that note, Johnson is north of us and I've not been there, but I've been in Miami, Linn, and bourbon county marching my way down the state line laughing1
all for too much fun type events, 250R on the road with a chick on the back, wheelin in my old junk ass chevy with no.....anything legal on it drunk driving 1/2 mile gravel, normal **** laughing1

 

[blacksheep10]

and, back on subject, a guy that showed up for the weekend lockup for part of my DUI deal this time came in drunk. everyone blew before the weekend started and one was like a .12. holy **** dude laughing1
there were actually a lot of strippers in there with me that weekend. no coed housing though :-\

 

[InDaShop]

Nope Iowa Shitty, not the Kansas JoCo, never been in that jail.

**** son, I have prolly partied in Iowa City more than you! Hell even spent New Years there one year.

I got cuffed for Drunk In Public.

Thing was I got drunk in a bar, and when we left the bar, they got me at the door when I was leaving. If I'd known I woulda gone out the back door. I never did figure out why they have bars if they arrest people when they are leaving.

Somehow between the bar and the jail (all of what 4 blocks), I got handed off to two seperate cops the paperwork got they go to book me, and they dont know what they are booking me for They go around a bit, then ask for my ID. Whoever the 1st cop was never gave it back. So there I am with no ID, and cops that don't know 100% why they have me, they are pretty sure its Public Intox. So they put me in a room for a bit (not booked), then ask me again for ID, I re-empty pockets, show wallet with all other ID's/CC's/Condom, etc... but no KS drivers license cause I dont have it. They put me back in room.

This went on until.......guess who got sober enough??? Finally they come get me, and say I was apprehended for "Public Intox" I have nothing to loose so I say" BS, I was the sober driver, and the last beer I had was at 10pm, its now 5am'ish, and I told the cop that at the bar. They make me blow this pre-lim blower deal. The light turns green, I say and gimme my GD license back so I can go the fawk home! They never found it. They drove me in a squad car to the house we were staying at and dropped me off. No ticket, no license.

Then the next time we were in IC was for a wedding (tiffany went with me), and had to go bail one of the groomsmen out for pissing in the floor drain in the center of a Burger King.

There are some hot chicks at Iowa, but the majority are a bit chubby, but then again it may be winter weight.

EDIT: Knocking on wood as I type. I have never been arrested, charged, or booked into jail ever! I have been cuffed and stuffed in 7 states though, I think 4 times in Manhattan alone.

All of these are alleged
Manhattan, Kansas (riding dryers, drunk fight, dumpster fire, Cant say too stupid)
St. Louis, Missouri (cop whooped my ass with a maglite and pepperspray, I told him his school was a bunch of pussies. Though beatable, not bookable.)
Springdale, Arkansas (they drove me and another guy back to our hotel in Fayetteville, and told us to not set foot in Springdale for a year, LOL)
Iowa City, Iowa (explained)
Pasa "GET DOWN" dena, Texas (drunk fight)
Champaign & Chicago, Illinois (drunk fights)
West Palm Beach, Florida (Public intox, but I was drunk with a Miami PD chick and they let me go)

 

[Bones]

HAHAHAHAHA! IC is a fun place to get yer drink on, but cops are peni

 

[P]

Just heard on the 10 oclock news some dood in Georgia got a DUI on a wheelchair, LOL , drove off a sidewalk in front of the cop in said chair and had a half gal bottle of booze, then blew 5times the legal limit !


I wonder if he got liquored up because all the gay stuff going on in Ga today ? laughing1

 

[muchado]

Just heard on the 10 oclock news some dood in Georgia got a DUI on a wheelchair, LOL , drove off a sidewalk in front of the cop in said chair and had a half gal bottle of booze, then blew 5times the legal limit !


I wonder if he got liquored up because all the gay stuff going on in Ga today ? laughing1

they gonna take his wheelchair license away I mean what is the point.. I'd think public intox makes more sense than DUI for that... I mean what the guy gets drunk and has to sit in a stationary chair till sober? that's not right/fair.

 

[InDaShop]

they gonna take his wheelchair license away I mean what is the point.. I'd think public intox makes more sense than DUI for that... I mean what the guy gets drunk and has to sit in a stationary chair till sober? that's not right/fair.

DUI revenue is higher than public intox. That would be my guess, I bet the cop would write his own mother a ticket for jaywalking if he could. What a ****.

 

[blacksheep10]

wyatt used to fight a lot more than he does now laughing1
any of you that know wyatt in person see him as a fighter? I never did the first couple months we ran around. then some guy said something wrong at a bar and wyatt dropped him. I was surprised and laughing my ass off at the same time laughing1

 

[P]

laughing1 Id pay money to see that outta Wyatt ! laughing1

 

[blacksheep10]

I have a couple times. Our buddy stubbs was in Manhattan when I was working the door at a bar, gig wyatt got me. so I'm semi off work that night when this guy comes up to stubbs, super peaceful dude, says he's going to kick his ass, his "boys are in the house tonight" and all this. stubbs just walks directly for the back of the bar where wyatt and I are talking to the back door bouncer. stubbs walks up, points to the guy behind him saying, this guy has a problem or something, funny smirk on his face. I ask the guy wtf his problem is and he starts jibba jabbering about who gives a fawk. while he's hollering at me, wyatt asks larry, the door guy if he can hit the guy. Larry's like, go ahead, whatever man, you know the owners. wyatt walks up and smokes the dudes ****ing face in. I'm kind of startled being a foot away and all, so I grab him up and he gets a few more shot in the grille. Larry kind of though wyatt was kidding so he hops up and sees I kind of have it under control, holding this semi limp but very pissed guy in my arms while wyatt is checking him manicure His buddies all come running up, decide against it, we throw them all out the back door and keep partying laughing1 laughing1 laughing1 laughing1
I miss that ****

 

[InDaShop]

ha, that was a good one.

My personal favorite was KJ's bar in Manhattan. Dude swings at one of my buddies, has everything behind it but misses. He's off balance, and wideopen in front of me. He doesn't even know which direction he's facing, and I let one fly in the kisser. Sumbee went down like a drunk sack o' potatoes, and fell half way out the front door. So they just pushed him the rest of the way out and closed the door.

Or the one where I was getting my ass handed to me because I was in sandles. And we crashed through the backdoor of that house party and there is Mike and Studds standing there drinking beer off the keg. They look down and are like "Hey thats Wyatt", and I see them and I'm like "I got this." But Stubbs proceeds to toss one over the house, and Mike watermellon thumps one in the head that was heard around the world.

Ha the good ol' days. I could sit and tell these stories for days. God glad I finally wised up and got all the piss and vinegar out of me, well sorta'.