A 34-year-old Minnesota woman was arrested earlier this month for driving under the influence while wearing a shirt that read “Alcohol you later.”
According to the police report, police arrived on the scene of an accident in Ham Lake last Friday. The vehicle had gone off the road and become stuck in the ditch. When officers approached the scene, they made contact with Katharine Marie Luedtke, who claimed that she was not the driver of the vehicle. However, shortly thereafter she told police that was was driving the car on her way to pick up a relative at the time of the crash.
Based on their interaction, and quite possibly by her novelty drinking shirt, police suspected that Luedtke was under the influence of alcohol. She was asked to take a preliminary breath test, which revealed that she had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.175, more than twice the legal limit. She was placed under arrest and taken to the police station.
Not Her First DUI
Luedtke was officially charged with driving under the influence and faces additional charges after attempting to kick the arresting officer and for failing to submit to a breathalyzer test at the police station. As you may have guessed, this isn’t Luedtke’s first run in with the law. She has three previous DUI convictions from May 2010, June 2011 and July 2012.
She may also face additional charges after a relative phoned authorities to let them know that Luedtke did not have permission to drive the vehicle, as she had a cancelled driver’s license and was taking several medications.
Each criminal charge carries a maximum sentence of seven years in jail and fines up to $14,000. She consulted with a lawyer before deciding not to take the breathalyzer at the station, but it’s unclear if she has representation ahead of her first appearance.
