Nicholas John Knox Knowles, 33, arrested on multiple charges, including felony DUI, after crashing his SUV into a light pole at a Walmart parking lot in Tumwater.

Tumwater police arrested a man on suspicion of felony DUI early Wednesday morning after the SUV he was driving struck a light pole in the Walmart parking lot, court papers state. Employees at the Tumwater Walmart in the 5900 block of Littlerock Road had earlier refused to sell the allegedly intoxicated driver beer because he was so drunk, according to court papers. The alleged driver, Nicholas John Knox Knowles, 33, of Olympia, was being held at the Thurston County Jail Thursday on suspicion of felony driving under the influence and third-degree malicious mischief - for allegedly damaging a camera in the back seat of a Tumwater police patrol car, according to court papers. Thurston County Superior Court Judge James Dixon set Knowles' bail at $50,000 during a court hearing Wednesday. Knowles has four or more prior DUI convictions in the last 10 years, so he is now accused of felony DUI, court papers state. Knowles also has an outstanding warrant for his arrest for a pending charge of felony harassment, domestic violence.

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