pirate44
12-16-2004, 02:17 PM
"Mr. DWI" in trouble again
12/15/2004 5:11:26 PM
Bill Sutton
The man nicknamed “Mister DWI” is in trouble again.
63–year–old Jerry Zeller was arrested Saturday by police for failure to appear in court for an October drunk driving charge.
This is Zeller's 34th DWI arrest. Prosecutors have not been able to charge Zeller as an habitual offender in the past, since a former state law would restart the DWI conviction count after five years.
Zeller's last DWI conviction was in June of 1997, therefore Zeller only faces a misdemeanor for his recent arrest with a maximum sentence of one year in jail.
The state law was changed in July of 2001 to extend the time frame to ten years, instead of five.
12/15/2004 5:11:26 PM
Bill Sutton
The man nicknamed “Mister DWI” is in trouble again.
63–year–old Jerry Zeller was arrested Saturday by police for failure to appear in court for an October drunk driving charge.
This is Zeller's 34th DWI arrest. Prosecutors have not been able to charge Zeller as an habitual offender in the past, since a former state law would restart the DWI conviction count after five years.
Zeller's last DWI conviction was in June of 1997, therefore Zeller only faces a misdemeanor for his recent arrest with a maximum sentence of one year in jail.
The state law was changed in July of 2001 to extend the time frame to ten years, instead of five.