DUI Defendant Who Was Caught Drinking on Courthouse Lawn
Written by Lazerwager.com
Wed, 24 Oct 2007
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San Jose, Costa Rica. Wednesday 24th Oct. 2007. Online Sports & Live Dealer Casino site LazerWager (www.lazerwager.com) has named Minden, NV, resident Martin Ruiz as its Wacko of the Week which recognizes those people who have done something absurdly stupid, insane, or downright preposterous, and this week Mr. Ruiz certainly meets the requirement.
"We all hear about those stupid criminal stories such as thieves who leave their drivers license at the scene of the crime" says Nina Pendleton, LazerWager spokesperson, "but this one really stood out for me because it happened in my hometown of Minden so it made it more relevant as I spent many nights on that same courthouse lawn passed out with my boyfriend.
Ruiz was arrested in January shortly after his 21st birthday following an accident in which he, his passenger and the other driver were injured. He allegedly was driving 70 miles an hour down the twisting mountain road with a blood alcohol content of .104, when the legal limit in Nevada is 0.8. I canīt drive those roads when I am sober says Ms. Pendleton I donīt have any idea how he did it stinkin drunk."
Ruiz was out on bail following the drunken driving arrest but was released on his own recognizance after he promised a judge he would no longer drink beer and drive. After all this he was back behind bars when he got caught drinking a 12-pack of beer on the Douglas County Courthouse lawn. Officers quickly swooped in and arrested him. When Ruiz was brought back into custody, a different judge refused to release him on his own recognizance and set bail at $100 000. When Mr. Ruiz asked the judge to release him, promising not to drink another beer and drive, Judge Michael Gibbons who set his bail, said he was surprised Mr. Ruiz was released on recognizance the first time. Gibbons said it would be "completely inappropriate" to release him on recognizance again.
"He got it half right by not getting in a car," says Ms. Pendleton "but come on...its Minden ... there is a bar 100 feet away from the courthouse, he couldnīt wait 2 minutes and walk..? While we at LazerWager understand that alcoholism is in fact a disease, we think Mr. Ruiz probably has the partying gene in his system and needs to get it out ASAP" concludes Ms Pendleton.
For being named Wacko of the Week, Mr. Ruiz will receive $500 from LazerWager but can he can only use it in our online casino, as we donīt want him on the road when he gets out.
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