Indian River County, Florida:
A Florida man came up with an interesting defense when confronted by officers in Indiana River County.
Indian River County sheriff’s officials were called to a McDonald’s drive-thru on June 27 after a woman said a vehicle behind her kept hitting her rear bumper.
The man admitted he did not have a valid Florida driver’s license and deputies noticed he had an open bottle of liquor in the passenger seat. Deputies say he smelled of alcohol and said he felt “pretty good.”
He told deputies that he wasn’t drinking while driving, but was instead taking drinks of bourbon while stopped at traffic signals and stop signs.
“He further explained that he was not drinking while the car was moving and only when he stopped for stop signs and traffic signals,” the affidavit states.
Once in custody, breath tests measured the man’s blood alcohol content at 0.153 and 0.147 – greater than the 0.08 legal limit.
-wtae.com