Blood alcohol tester charged in Nevada with DUI

[December 08, 2008]  CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- A contract worker for a Nevada sheriff's department is accused of driving drunk to a jail to test a suspect's blood alcohol content.

Fifty-three-year-old Kathleen Cherry told a Carson City sheriff's deputy who smelled alcohol on her breath that she had one margarita before driving Friday night.

She's accused of failing field sobriety tests and registering a blood alcohol content over the state's legal limit of 0.08 percent.

Cherry is a phlebotomist, trained to draw blood for lab tests. She was booked on a misdemeanor drunken driving charge, and her bail was set at more than $1,000.

She declined to comment.

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Information from: Nevada Appeal, http://www.nevadaappeal.com/

[Associated Press]

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