Ex-Marine freed from Mexico jail accused of drunk driving in Georgia

Source: Reuters

Ex-Marine freed from Mexico jail accused of drunk driving in Georgia
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:42pm EDT


(Reuters) - A former U.S. Marine jailed in Mexico last year on weapons charges but freed seven months later so he could seek treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder has been arrested in Georgia on suspicion of drunken driving and other traffic offenses.

Andrew Tahmooressi, 26, was taken into custody on Wednesday morning after a traffic stop. He was charged with driving under the influence, driving with an open container of an alcoholic beverage, reckless driving and improper passing, according to the Emanuel County Sheriff's Office in Georgia.

~ snip ~

Tahmooressi, who left the Marines in 2012 after two tours of duty in Afghanistan, was detained in Mexico after arriving at the border from California last March with three guns in his pickup truck.

The military veteran has insisted he had mistakenly gotten onto a southbound freeway ramp in San Diego and that, when he ended up in Mexico by accident, he asked at the San Ysidro crossing to return to the U.S. side.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/13/us-usa-marine-california-idUSKBN0M906P20150313?rpc=401