WINONA, Minn. — A St. Charles driver told the officer he was too tired to drive so he pulled off Sarnia Street for a nap. Also, the officer concluded, the guy was so drunk that he passed out. This was about 1:40 a.m. James Alan Abbott, age 65, was arrested for drunken driving. The officer had found Abbott asleep in the 250 block of West Sarnia, his engine running, his headlights on. In the passenger seat were containers of twisted tea, some open, some not. Abbott conceded he had been drinking in Wisconsin and needed to sleep it off. His blood-alcohol level tested at 0.18%, 10 points higher than the threshold for intoxication. He failed balance and dexterity exercises on the spot. Where he had been in Wisconsin he didn’t say, but on Sarnia Street in Winona, he still had 29 miles to get home.
Abbott. Twisted tea can be wicked, as he can tell you.