John Przybyla, 76, convicted of OWI after blaming drunk driving arrest on beer-battered fish in Friendship, Wisconsin
Man Blames Drunken Driving Arrest on Beer-Battered Fish
A criminal complaint says Przybyla told the deputy who stopped him in October 2014 that the reason he smelled like alcohol was because he had been at a fish fry and had eaten beer-battered fish.
Court documents say a preliminary breath test showed Przybyla had a 0.062 percent blood-alcohol concentration. The legal limit for Wisconsin residents with three or more drunken driving convictions is 0.02 percent.
Man who blamed fish found guilty of OWI
According to court documents, at 2:27 p.m. Oct. 12, 2014, an Adams County deputy saw a vehicle make a U-turn on Highway 13 in Dell Prairie. The deputy followed the vehicle and saw that it had a broken tail lamp. The deputy checked the license plate and learned Przybyla owned the vehicle, and he had a revoked driver's license.
As Przybyla went around a curve in the highway, the deputy saw Przybyla's vehicle go over the centerline, according to court documents. The deputy stopped the vehicle.
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