Police say driver tried to bribe officer
Story updates on Friday, July 13,
2007
A man tried to buy his way out of a
drunken driving charge early Thursday by offering an officer a
bribe, Athens-Clarke police said.
The officer stopped 21-year-old
So-And-So's car about 2 a.m. after the officer saw it weaving on
Lexington Road near Cherokee Road, police said.
So-And-So,
whose breath smelled of alcohol, told the officer "I'll give you
anything you want," according to police, and asked, "If I gave you
$800 right now, would you let me go?"
While driving So-And-So to
jail, the officer saw the man reaching into the back of his pants
and putting something into his mouth, police said.
So-And-So
said he was eating feces to foil a DUI breath test,
police said, but the officer noticed in So-And-So's mouth
residue from a pill the man possibly chewed, police said.
The man consented to be taken to
the hospital to have blood drawn for a toxicology test, police said.
So-And-So
was charged with bribery, driving while intoxicated,
following another vehicle too closely and failure to maintain lane,
police said.
Published in
the Athens Banner-Herald on 071307
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