Law Humor

You Drove Drunk Where?

By John Mesirow

As reported in the Tacoma Washington News-Tribune:

In May, a 22-year-old Gig Harbor man spent a night drinking at a tavern with a friend before seeing how fast he could drive his car ? on an airport runway. According to court documents, Jesse Andrew Floberg, who worked at the Tacoma Narrows Airport, used a code to let himself in, drove onto the runway ? and floored it. He hit 105 mph before the car sheared off a runway light, went airborne and landed upside down at the bottom of an embankment, court records said. Floberg suffered minor scrapes, police said. His passenger was more seriously injured. Floberg pleaded guilty to DUI and had his pilot?s license, er driver?s license, suspended 90 days.

Full post as published by Legal Juice on January 04, 2009 (boomark / email).