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Ga. Mayor-Elect DUI
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) The mayor-elect of a Georgia town has been arrested for drunken driving in South Carolina.
Multiple media outlets reported Monday that Jennifer Sudderth was arrested in Greenville early Saturday. The 36-year-old was elected mayor of Hartwell, Ga., earlier this month and is expected to take office in January.
Hartwell is approximately 62 miles southwest of Greenville.
A police report says Sudderth was stopped because her car swerved over the white lines. She told the arresting officer she was trying to get home after leaving a friend's house but was lost and needed gas. The report says she failed a field sobriety test.
Sudderth told WLHR-FM the incident is a misunderstanding that will be cleared up this week. The Hart County middle school teacher declined to explain, but said she'd hired an attorney.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
What others are saying
- DUI - MisunderstandingThe officer must have misunderstood the Mayor-Elect's Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) as indicated to be over the legal limit; unless he charged her with "Less Safe Driver" which is below the statutory .08 grams per-cent for a typical DUI in GA. But the Mayor-Elect will clear everything up. It was just a misunderstanding. I'm glad the Mayor-Elect is alive, uninjured and able to take office in January; thanks to some law enforcement officer in SC.
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