WINONA, Minn. – A Winona driver who police said admitted he doesn’t handle his liquor easily was charged with drunken driving. This was about 1:25 a.m. at Third and Washington streets. The driver had been stopped for no headlamps but it was just as much how Gage Joseph Beck, 22, looked and smelled that worried the officer. Asked how much he had been drinking, the officer said, Gage replied: “Not a huge amount but maybe too much for me to be driving,” elaborating that he was “a lightweight when it comes to drinking.” A breath test showed Gage’s blood-alcohol at 0.13% — indeed too much. Anything more than 0.08% is impaired driving under the law.
