STOCKTON, Minn. – A Lewiston man speeding out of Stockton toward home and weaving all over the road was drunk, deputies said. Benjamin David Mueller, 44, admited to seven or eight drinks, deputies said. His blood-alcohol content tested at 0.15% –more triple the legal maximum. The arrest was about 2:40 a.m. on U.S. Highway 14 at the Hickory Lane trailer court on the lazy S curve west of Stockton. Deputies sad Mueller swerved across highway stripes twice even while slowing for the traffic stop. Deputies said the odor of alcohol from Mueller’s car was heavy, that his eyes were bloodshot and watery, that he couldn’t maintain eye contact.
Mueller. Admitted to seven or eight beverages, deputies say.