Halloween always bring out the strangeness in people and this next story is no exception.

Ohio police say man in dressed as Breathlalyzer for Halloween accused of DUI

OXFORD, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man dressed as a Breathalyzer test for Halloween found himself blowing into one after police stopped him for allegedly driving the wrong way without headlights on a one-way street. Oxford police said they stopped 20-year-old James P. Miller on Halloween night and found beer in his front seat and in the trunk.

Police said Miller blew 0.158 percent on a Breathalyzer test. The legal limit for driving is a blood-alcohol level of .08.

Miller was cited on charges including operating a vehicle while intoxicated, underage possession of alcohol, having an open container and a fake ID, and a one-way street violation.

Miller had no comment when reached at home Wednesday.

Remember the story of top Chicago DUI Cop John Haleas?  He is the Chicago Police officer under indictment for allegedly fabricating DUI arrests – until now.

Ticket-writing indictment dismissed against top DUI cop

A Cook County judge today dismissed the indictment against Chicago Police Officer John Haleas, the officer accused of writing numerous false drunken driving tickets.

Judge James Obbish ruled that prosecutors improperly used statements given by Haleas to Internal Affairs investigators looking into misconduct charges against him. A U.S. Supreme Court case prohibits statements from administrative disciplinary proceedings from being used against officers in criminal cases.

Haleas was charged in March 2008 with four counts of perjury, four counts of official misconduct and two counts of obstructing justice. He was stripped of his police powers.

In his ruling, Obbish noted that the internal affairs investigator involved in the case and the assistant state’s attorney in charge of seeking the indictment gave differing versions of how Haleas’ statement was handled during the investigation. An internal affairs sergeant said he informed then-Assistant State’s Attorney David Navarro of the statement, which Haleas had no choice but to give in the internal probe of allegations he was making false DUI arrests.

But Navarro said he had carefully kept any information about the statement out of his case file in order to not taint the criminal investigation, according to Obbish. However, Obbish said he had no way to verify that claim because the state’s attorney’s office lost the file.

“There are consequences for losing evidence,” Obbish said. He added that prosecutors had the burden to prove that nothing from Haleas’ compelled statement was used to indict him, and without Navarro’s file, they were unable to do so.

Keep in mind that this is the same State’s Attorney’s office that put Haleas on the stand time and time again to prosecute people for drunk driving charges.  Amazingly enough, the State’s Attorney never lost a file on a defendant that they were prosecuting based on a Haleas arrest.  This is also the same State’s Attorney’s office that recently announced that no criminal charges will be brought against Officer Joe D. Parker, another Chicago DUI Cop accused of fabricating arrests.

Haleas made 718 arrests in 2005 and 2006 and was the primary witness in hundreds of DUI cases, garnering for himself a “Top Cop” honor from the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists for having more DUI arrests than any other officer in the state.

No word from MADD as to whether they will be rescinding those “honors”. Our attorneys will continue to follow this story.

Talk about drunk dialing.  Below is the actual 911 call a woman made reporting herself as a drunk driver.

Dispatcher: Clark County 911
Mary Strey: Somebody’s really drunk driving down Granton Road…
Dispatcher: …Which way are they going?
Mary Strey: They are going, um…
Dispatcher: Towards Granton or towards Neillsville?
Mary Strey: Towards Granton
Dispatcher: Okay are you behind them, or…
Mary Strey: No, I am them
Dispatcher: You am them?
Mary Strey: Yes, I am them
Dispatcher: Okay, so you want to call and report that you’re driving drunk?
Mary Strey: Yes

Ms. Strey was arrested for DUI later that evening as she waited by her car on the side of the road.

This isn’t the first instance of DUI on a lawnmower our Chicago DUI Lawyers have seen (See Man arrested for DUI on Lawnmower). Thank God the authorities got this offender, traveling no more than 5 mph, off the road before he mowed someone’s lawn improperly.

Man on lawnmower charged with DUI after hitting school bus

BELLEVIEW, Florida — A Central Florida man was charged with driving under the influence after authorities say he crashed a stolen riding lawnmower into a school bus.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office reports that 29-year-old Ron Martin and 30-year-old Charlene Mallorey were riding the mower down a Belleview road Wednesday when a deputy responded to the area. The mower had been reported stolen from an Ocklawaha home earlier that morning.

The deputy reported that Martin smelled like alcohol and was uncooperative. He refused to take a breath test, and the deputy charged him with DUI, threat to a public servant, criminal mischief and grand theft. He was being held on $14,000 bail.

Remember the man arrested for DUI on a La-Z-Boy? Look at what’s happening to the chair he used.

Online Bids for ‘DWI La-Z-Boy’ Reach $43K

DULUTH, Minn. — Online bids for a motorized La-Z-Boy used by a man who pleaded guilty to driving it drunk have reached $43,000.

Police in Proctor, in northern Minnesota, put the seized chair up for auction on eBay last Thursday. The proceeds will go to the police, state and the prosecuting attorney.

The motorized recliner has gathered 96 bids so far, with the current winning bid at $43,100.

Wow.  Over $43,000!  But what does the owner of the chair get?  Shouldn’t that at least off-set his fines?

The former owner, Dennis LeRoy Anderson, pleaded guilty this month to operating the chair while intoxicated. His family is also auctioning on eBay an autographed photo of him riding the La-Z-Boy to help with his fees.

Another DUI, another dollar.