Rabon Faces Stiffer DUI Charge
From The Tulsa World ~ A state legislator's blood-alcohol level after an August traffic accident in Choctaw County was 0.16 percent, twice the legal limit for operating a motor vehicle.
Prosecutors filed an amended charge Monday of aggravated driving under the influence against state Sen. Jeff Rabon, D-Hugo, said Laura Ross Wallis, the district attorney for Choctaw, McCurtain and Pushmataha counties.
A misdemeanor charge of aggravated driving under the influence can be filed when the blood-alcohol content is 0.15 or higher. The legal threshold for DUI is 0.08.
Wallis amended the count after reviewing the results of Rabon's post-crash blood test.
A senator since 1996, Rabon, 45, failed a field sobriety test after the three-vehicle crash Aug. 27 that sent a woman to a hospital with minor injuries, authorities said. Rabon did not submit to a breath-analysis test, but blood was drawn from him at a hospital.
If convicted of the DUI count, Rabon faces as much as a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Prosecutors filed an amended charge Monday of aggravated driving under the influence against state Sen. Jeff Rabon, D-Hugo, said Laura Ross Wallis, the district attorney for Choctaw, McCurtain and Pushmataha counties.
A misdemeanor charge of aggravated driving under the influence can be filed when the blood-alcohol content is 0.15 or higher. The legal threshold for DUI is 0.08.
Wallis amended the count after reviewing the results of Rabon's post-crash blood test.
A senator since 1996, Rabon, 45, failed a field sobriety test after the three-vehicle crash Aug. 27 that sent a woman to a hospital with minor injuries, authorities said. Rabon did not submit to a breath-analysis test, but blood was drawn from him at a hospital.
If convicted of the DUI count, Rabon faces as much as a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
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