Uniformed Chatfield officer arrested for DWI in Bloomington
A 61-year-old part-time Chatfield police officer was arrested around midnight Thursday in Bloomington after a crash in the 9400 block of Lyndale Avenue on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.[1]
Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said a breath test registered the officer's blood-alcohol concentration at 0.28, more than three times Minnesota's 0.08 legal limit.[1] An arraignment is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Friday, and Bloomington police released what they described as body-camera-style video of the arrest.[1]
Court records show the officer faces two counts of DWI and a charge of carrying a pistol while intoxicated.[1] He was working part time for the Chatfield Police Department, had left a Minnesota State Fairgrounds job about an hour before the crash, and was still in full uniform when officers arrested him at the Lyndale Avenue scene.[1]
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- A 61-year-old part-time Chatfield police officer was arrested around midnight Thursday in Bloomington after a crash in the 9400 block of Lyndale Avenue.
- Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges says a breath test registered the officer’s BAC at 0.28, more than three times Minnesota’s 0.08 legal limit.
- Court records list charges of two counts of DWI and carrying a pistol while intoxicated; the officer was in full uniform and had left a Minnesota State Fairgrounds job about an hour earlier.
- The arraignment is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Friday, and Bloomington police released body-camera-style video of the arrest.
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