WINONA, Minn. – Police arrested a Minneapolis driver whose blood-alcohol level was twice the legal limit. Colin Patrick Cross, 47, tested at 0.17% on the street at Hamilton and King, where he was stopped, and again at the jailhouse. Anything more than 0.08% is unacceptable for driving. Officers said that Cross claimed the last drink he had — a couple, actually, he said — was the previous day. That, police said, didn’t square with his blood-shot and watery eyes and slurred speech. Or the 0.17%. Also: He failed the standard bank of field sobriety tests for balance and dexterity.
