A man told police he had not been drinking, but rather eating beer-battered fish when he was pulled over for what could be his 10th drunken driving offense.
According to the
Daily Mail, the deputy had spotted John Przybyla, of Friendship, Wisconsin, driving with a broken taillight and making a U-turn on Highway 13 in Dell Prairie at around 2.30 p.m. on October 12, followed his vehicle and discovered he had a revoked license.
The deputy said he smelled alcohol on his breath and saw that his eyes were blood shot, according to an incident report released by the Adams County Sheriff's Department.
The sheriff’s deputy asked Przybyla how much he had had to drink. Przybyla replied that he had not been drinking and instead had eaten beer-battered fish at a fish fry, according to
Reuters.
Przybyla was arrested after he failed a field sobriety test and a breath test showed he had been drinking.
Although his blood alcohol content was determined to be at .062, which is below the legal limit in Wisconsin, his history of DUI incidents bars him from getting behind the wheel with a blood alcohol content higher than .02.
Pryzybyla was then taken to Moundview Memorial Hospital for a blood test, which he refused to take claiming it was against his religion, according to the
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune.
The arresting deputy was forced to obtain a warrant to compel Pryzybyla to take the test. Nurses at the hospital had to hold him down to draw blood.
According to online court records, Przybyla was first convicted of drunken driving in 1994. A preliminary hearing is set for January 21 in Adams County Circuit Court, where Przybyla faces his 10th drunken driving offense.
The traditional R.I.D.E. spotchecks have been up and running across Canada for the Christmas season, and brokers are encouraged to remind their clients that drinking and driving don’t mix.
“Really, people need to understand that the personal costs are too great to take the risk,” Steve Kee of the Insurance Bureau of Canada told
Insurance Business. “Drinking and driving will impact you on so many levels, it risks your life and the lives of others. There could be an impact on innocent victims, or your family. Is it really worth that risk?”
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