WINONA, Minn. – After a day of golfing, a Rochester man was eager to get somewhere fast and was taking the taking the infamous near-hairpin on Stockton Hill at 72 mph. Apparently Steven Wayne Moore, 48, was oblivious that he had a deputy sheriff on his tail – and oblivious too that the curve is posted for 50 mph. In the inevitable traffic stop that followed, the deputy said, the smell of alcohol was obvious. So too, he said, were Moore’s bloodshot and watery eyes. “Drinking?” the deputy asked. Moore: “One or two.” A field breath test showed Moore’s blood running with 0.11% alcohol – roughly 1-1/2 times more than the legal max. A second gets at the Winona jail showed 0.10%.The stop had been about 7:30 p.m. on U.S. 14 near Seminary Road.
