Iowa Attorney General's COS gets OWI

[NotMyKid]

What A dumb fuck, he's the Cheif of Staff for the Attorney General and still takes the breathalizer on scene but not at the station and then doesn't deny any wrong doing?



Attorney general's chief of staff charged with OWI

The Iowa attorney general's chief of staff was arrested for drunken driving in early April after a police officer noticed his vehicle driving in two lanes on Grand Avenue in Des Moines.

Eric Tabor, 54, of West Des Moines was charged with first-offense operating while intoxicated, failure to use a turn signal and improper use of lanes at 11 p.m. on April 3, Des Moines police records show.

A preliminary breath test registered 0.249, which is three times the legal limit of 0.08, records show. The police report said Tabor, a former Iowa Democratic Party chair, refused to take an official blood-alcohol test later at the police station.

The officer used a portable blood-alcohol testing device when he stopped Tabor at Pennsylvania Avenue and Des Moines Street not far from the Iowa Capitol complex. So-called PBT test results are not admissible in court.

A suspected drunken driver who refuses to take an official Datamaster blood-alcohol test at the police station automatically loses his or her driver's license for a year.

"I made a serious mistake and apologize for my actions," Tabor told The Des Moines Register on Monday. "I take full responsibility for what I have done and will accept the consequences."

Tabor is a top staffer for Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller. Before this, Tabor's criminal record consisted of one traffic ticket.



www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100420/NEWS09/4200378/-1/NEWS04/Attorney-general-s-chief-of-staff-charged-with-OWI

[NOTTHOR]

The one at the scene ain't admissible in court - the idea is you take that one and then use that as a basis for deciding if you will take one at the station. Assuming he didn't take a field sobriety test, the OWI charges probably won't stick and he'll plead guilty to refusing to blow at the station. Of course he will lose his driver's license for a year, but he MIGHT be able to save his bar license if he avoids the OWI conviction. Altough the guy is kind of a dumbass, if you're at .249, you should know you're gonna fail the test either way and refuse to blow at the scene. And at that point you should be drunk enough to know not to drive. Idiot.

[thunderhawk]

.249?

Holy fucking shit. That's DRUNK. Who in the hell gets in a car and drives in that condition, especially these days, and especially with a license to practice law?

Rule to live by...stop at the buzz and turn over the keys. No hangover and no DUI.