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Georgia Congressman Charged with DUI After Crash

By Conaway and Strickler

Rep. Ben Harbin was arrested and charged with a DUI on May 20 after he swerved off of an Atlanta street and ran into a pole, according to an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. According to police reports, Harbin smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech and had trouble keeping his balance soon after the incident. The House Appropriations Committee chairman kept saying: ?I just want to go home? and refused to submit to a blood-alcohol test, the newspaper article said. Harbin, 43, told police he had ?looked down at the floor and when he looked up he saw a pedestrian in the roadway, slammed on the brakes and veered into the pole.? Officials asked him to perform a field sobriety test, during which officials say he could not maintain his balance...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on June 13, 2007 (boomark / email).