Man Arrested For Driving Drunk On Airport Tarmac

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He wasn't pulled over on a highway or residential side street, but when he was arrested Tuesday, Ronald O. Ogembo had the telltale signs of a drunken driver: the smell of alcohol on his breath, bloodshot eyes and trouble keeping his balance, authorities said.

He acknowledged that he had been driving, too -- on the tarmac at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Ogembo, who has twice been convicted of drunken driving-related offenses and whose license was revoked in January, works for Sky Chef, a caterer for major airlines.

His blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit -- 0.235 percent -- when he was arrested Tuesday for driving a service van on the tarmac, according to charges filed Thursday in Hennepin County District Court.

A Northwest Airlines employee had alerted authorities to Ogembo's alleged intoxication.

Ogembo, 35, told officials he had two to three beers at home before work and said he had serviced an airplane the night he was arrested, the charges said.

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F**kin' Dickel

Why arrest HIM? They let the pilots fly drunk and they let captains of ships sail drunk. Remember Exxon Valdez?