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TexasTowelie

(112,456 posts)
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 11:12 PM Nov 2015

Florida man says he's so drunk he'll blow up the Breathalyzer

A Florida man was arrested Saturday after police said he was three times over the legal blood-alcohol limit when he crashed his car with three children inside.

Kenneth Mote, 57, was in an accident at 6:20 p.m. Saturday. Police said he told officers he'd had two beers, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported. Mote’s girlfriend told officers that he had “been drinking all day and had consumed more than 18 Natural Ice beers.”

According to police, officers discovered three children — ages 14, 12 and 3 — inside Mote’s wrecked vehicle. When Mote was taken to the police station, he told officers that his Breathalyzer reading “was going to blow up (the device) because he had so much to drink.” Police said Mote blew 0.204 and 0.206, both of which are more than twice the legal limit of 0.08.

Mote was charged with DUI causing damage to personal property and three counts of child neglect.

Read more: http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/crime-law/police-fla-man-charged-dui-child-neglect/npT5n/

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Florida man says he's so drunk he'll blow up the Breathalyzer (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2015 OP
Good to see Florida Man preparing for holiday hi-jinks jberryhill Nov 2015 #1
I'll try to keep up with Florida Man this weekend since I don't have much else happening. TexasTowelie Nov 2015 #2
Thank you jberryhill Nov 2015 #3
HA! My eldest arrived Monday from Jersey, no unruly passengers, great ride and not a full monmouth4 Nov 2015 #6
... madinmaryland Nov 2015 #4
Hey there MIM, TexasTowelie Nov 2015 #5
Nah---Hosts are back to OK for me. trumad Nov 2015 #8
First off: trumad Nov 2015 #7
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
1. Good to see Florida Man preparing for holiday hi-jinks
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 12:05 AM
Nov 2015

Who knows what he has in store for us this weekend. Get the frozen turkey and fire up the deep fryer.

TexasTowelie

(112,456 posts)
2. I'll try to keep up with Florida Man this weekend since I don't have much else happening.
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 12:20 AM
Nov 2015

I suspect that we will be reading about him frequently as we enter the holiday season. He might even visit your neighborhood!

Meanwhile, I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving.

monmouth4

(9,710 posts)
6. HA! My eldest arrived Monday from Jersey, no unruly passengers, great ride and not a full
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 06:27 AM
Nov 2015

plane at all. Going back Friday to avoid the crowds..

TexasTowelie

(112,456 posts)
5. Hey there MIM,
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 01:00 AM
Nov 2015

Trumad has been extremely busy writing the latest round of petitions that insult and berate forum hosts for locking his threads. He is combining words associated with the holiday season along with more familiar profanities so that the hosts can get into a festive duck and cover mood for the holidays. Conjugating and using alliterative effect takes a bit more effort than his standard petitions outside the holiday season. I'm already getting that warm and fuzzy feeling waiting to hear from DU's resident Floridian.

Speaking of duck and cover.

Note: In case someone alerts on this thread it is friendly banter and I have a cordial relationship with trumad putting aside his petitions.

 

trumad

(41,692 posts)
8. Nah---Hosts are back to OK for me.
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:41 AM
Nov 2015

The bean is no longer one of them---he won't fess up on if he was kicked out by the group. I suspect he was.

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