Tenn. police file 10th DUI charge against driver

[March 12, 2010]  KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) -- Kingsport Police have filed a 10th DUI charge against a driver who was going about 20 miles per hour on Interstate 26 and weaving.

The Kingsport Times-News reported that the 57-year-old man told the officer on Tuesday, "I'm drunk. Do what you gotta do." The police report stated that when asked to take sobriety, breath or alcohol tests, the man kept repeating that he was drunk.

Police charged him with DUI, violation of the implied consent law and being a habitual motor offender.

The man has no driver's license. Police said it had earlier been revoked for repeated offenses.

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Information from: Kingsport Times-News, http://www.timesnews.net/

[Associated Press]

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