Man in Breathalyzer Costume Booked for DUI

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 01:57 PM

On Halloween night, an Ohio man in a breathalyzer costume was pulled over and arrested for DUI.

Oxford police pulled over James Miller, a teenage student, early Sunday morning as he allegedly drove the wrong way on a one-way street, the Dayton Daily News reports. Though Miller reportedly told police that he had not been drinking, after an investigation, the responding officers determined that the man dressed as a breathalyzer was in fact intoxicated.

Upon searching Miller's vehicle, police found an open can of beer by the driver's seat, and the remains of a case of beer in the passenger seat and on the back floorboard.

According to the news provider, when the student agreed to take a real breathalyzer test, he recorded a 0.158 percent blood-alcohol content - above Ohio's legal driving limit of 0.08 percent. The teen was subsequently charged with a DUI and underage drinking.

Although the Oxford police found multiple fake IDs on Miller, they did not charge him with possession of false identification.

Research by Mothers Against Drunk Driving estimates that one arrest for DUI is made for every 88 episodes of driving with a blood-alcohol concentration that is over the U.S. legal limit.
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