WINONA, Minn. – A cop clocked a car at 51 mph in a 30 zone. The squad’s lights lit up. The driver, Damein Lamont Smith, 29, of Winna, stopped. He told the officer thought he going only 40. In explaining himself, Smith was exuding alcohol-laced breath, the officer said – and had watery and blood-shot eyes and slurred speech. The officer said that Smith admitted to two vodkas. Smith twice refused the usual blood-alcohol tests, but a draw was taken with a search warrant at the jail. Those results usually take a few days to come back from a certified lab.
