Something or Nothing: Heights Mayor receives DUI

I want to know who counted the 42 beers.

Seems like refusing the sobriety test is the issue. Didn't hear any beer count on the news.

@RambleOn : @PeoriaIllinoisan : I agree, the 42 beer count is way fishy. The Grid Iron does have a bar before the event / dinner and during dinner each course has a wine pairing, so it is pretty easy to over indulge. I'm not saying this as an excuse, but he should have made other arrangements to get home. Like an Uber.Sounds like his lawyer was laying the ground work for a medical excuse over the weekend.

be thankful he didn't drink and drive.

@AntiRanchDrssng : they passed it around. (43 bottles of beer on the wall)

My question is does his vehicle require a key in the ignition or is it just a FOB?If it's an actual key and his keys were found in his pocket according to the police report, then he wasn't attempting to drive and this should be thrown out.Sure he could've just sat in the passenger seat too.I guess Peoria PD was busy covering up for the city's own (the arsonist, dog killer, the stolen PD gun just to name a few) they didn't have time for the Heights.

@kraziebill : One of the reports said that he drives a Lexus SUV, and those have been keyless for maybe ten years or so.
But this raises an interesting question... Now that cars can be started with fobs simply nearby, I wonder what the new legal wording would be. Like, could I open the back of my fob and remove the battery rendering it unusable?
I do somewhat understand the whole "potentially in control of a motor vehicle," but I can't help but wonder if that leans more towards an officer approaching a drunk person sitting in the car with the engine running, but saying "officer, I wasn't driving, I was just sitting here."
There's a world of difference between that and finding someone asleep in the seat choosing not to drive.

@EastBluffCynic :
My thought exactly. One could go even further and say the engine compartment/front of the vehicle was cool to the touch indicating the vehicle had been sitting for an extended period of time. I've seen this argued with regard to the cell phone while driving. Authorities tell you to pull over and put the vehicle in park to use your phone, but putting in park at a red light is not the same.

The whole "potentially in control" thing wouldn't fly well in other circumstances. Like, could an officer arrest me for using my steak knife at a restaurant because I was "potentially in possession of a murder weapon?"
Or could I get a ticket for sitting at a red light with my foot on the brake because I could have chosen to run the red light at any given moment.