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December 26, 2006 Man Keeps Drinking Beer During Arrest Filed at 10:38 p.m. ET
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Police say a man they pulled over for driving drunk continued to swig his beer during his arrest. Patrick Allain, 35, faces numerous charges after his arrest Monday night, the fourth time he's been arrested for driving while intoxicated. Police say he hit two other cars and initially refused to stop when officers tried to pull him over.
When he finally stopped, Allain allegedly continued to drink a 40-ounce bottle of beer, telling officers, ''You can charge me with whatever you want. It's not going to stop me from drinking and driving.''
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December 26, 2006 Flatulence Allegedly Sparks Jail Fight Filed at 10:37 p.m. ET
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) -- Brian Bruggeman caused a stink at the Lincoln County Jail earlier this month and will now have to answer for it in court. Another inmate, Jesse Dorris, alleges that Bruggeman's flatulence, passed in close proximity to Dorris, sparked a Dec. 14 fight between the two at the jail.
Now Bruggeman, 38, faces a Jan. 11 preliminary hearing on the state's complaint of assault by a confined person. It's a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
Bruggeman is accused of injuring Dorris, his cellmate, when he pushed him into cell bars. Dorris, 26, was not charged.
The two began scuffling, County Attorney Jeff Meyer said Tuesday, because Dorris was fed up with Bruggeman's flatulence.
Jail fights are common, Meyer said, but the cause of this one was rather uncommon.
''It's usually about someone hogging the newspaper or someone not happy about what's on TV,'' he said.
Bruggeman, of Hershey, is serving a 90-day sentence for violating a protection order.
''He compounded his problems,'' Meyer said.
Dorris, of North Platte, is awaiting a January trial on a charge of aiding and abetting robbery.
Brad Dawson, Bruggeman's attorney, did not immediately return a phone message left at his office.
Sheriff Jerome Kramer said the incident was a result of overcrowding. The jail was built in 1933 and has a capacity of 23 inmates, according to 2006 standards, Kramer said. As many as 65 inmates have been lodged at the jail in recent days, he said.
''You just can't get a reprieve from one another,'' Kramer said. ''When you've got a guy causing problems passing gas, there's no way to get away from the smell.''
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2006 can't end too soon, IMO.
Carl
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