WINONA, Minn. – A Chatfield driver who was stopped for going 45 mph in a 35 zone turned out, police said, to be drunk and was taken to jail. Justin Thomas Perkins, age 52, refused blood-alcohol tests, but officers said his impairment was obvious: Slurred speech, bloodshot and watery eyes, and failure in a series of roadside sobriety tests. The speeding stop was about 12:30 a.m. at Mankato Avenue and Sarnia Street. The arresting officer said that Perkins first admitted to one beer and one shot in the previous 30 minutes. Later he remembered four beers and three shots, the officer said.
