Ninth DUI Arrest for a Man
Sunday, May 17th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Police arrested Leonard John Korpal for drunk driving. According to Winona County Sheriff’s Department, this 39-year old man from St. Charles Minn. was charged with DUI for the ninth time.
The arrest happened at 2:10 a.m. for first-degree driving while intoxicated charges. When the deputies pulled him over, they noticed that alcohol was leaking from the side door of the driver. In addition, there were other citations apparent in his arrest. Police noticed that his license was revoked or canceled, he has an open bottle of alcohol with him, and he refused the blood-alcohol concentration test that was being given to him.
Korpal was arrested on DUI suspicion because he failed the sobriety tests performed to him and alcohol was leaking from his car due to the spilt drink. In Winona County Jail (where he was taken), he wasted a lot of time trying to decide whether he will submit to blood-concentration test or not and in contacting a lawyer. As a result, sheriff’s investigator Kraig Glover already considered it as a refusal.
“He complained of chest pains and he’s making suicidal threats,” Glover added. Finally, he was taken to the Mental Health Center in Rochester, Minn. named Zumbro Valley.
Tags: drunk driving, dui, lawyer, Leonard John Korpal, St. Charles Minn., Winona County, Zumbro Valley