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Updated: 12:38 PM Jun 10, 2008
Small Town Police Chief Cleared Of DUI
The case against Vanceburg Police Chief Joseph Billman was dropped last week at the request of a special prosecutor. Posted: 12:23 PM Jun 10, 2008 |
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VANCEBURG, Ky. (AP) - A judge has dismissed a DUI charge against an eastern Kentucky police chief.
The case against Vanceburg Police Chief Joseph Billman was
dropped last week at the request of a special prosecutor.
Lewis District Judge Brian McCloud granted prosecutor Michael
Wilson's motion after he told the judge the case lacked merit and neither he nor the arresting officer wanted to prosecute it.
Wilson said he decided to request dismissal after reviewing results of blood and urine screening tests following Billman's March 16 arrest in Vanceburg.
A state trooper confronted Billman in a convenience store parking lot where the chief had stopped to buy milk.
In an interview after his arrest, Billman said he drank six beers, but had consumed them over six or seven hours and maintained he was not intoxicated.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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@Citizen on Jun 10, 2008 1st of tell your son not to drink and drive he deserved what he got 2 more and hes a felon for life so I hope he learns his lesson while hes young. 2nd did anyone expect anthing differant? Remember the politician drunk at a fair that taunted the cop by finishing a beer in public he was ordered to simply poor out? He had no one with him and his car was at teh fair with keys in his pocket. Yet of course he wasnt guilty and the cop had to tuck his tail between his legs like now. No wonder that stay so mad all the time when the ones that actually do their job are punished and the ones that dont are simply over looked.
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If you all would read the story it states that there was a low Blood Alcohol Test. The limit it has to be is .08...even for police officers!
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Well, that's crazy. My son is paying a BIG price, no Drivers license for 90 days, $800.00 fine, Driving school $235.00. And a DUI record for 5 yrs. But we are not well known, just country folks who like Bud Light! And its good on these hot days.....
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