Thursday, August 30, 2012

Drunken driving case involving U.P. police official dismissed

Sault Ste. Marie — A drunken driving case against a state police post commander in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has been dismissed.

WLUC-TV reports a Chippewa County judge on Wednesday threw out the case against Lt. William Smith following an evidentiary hearing. Smith was arrested in July by police in Sault Ste. Marie for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated following a traffic crash involving a personal vehicle.

The case was dismissed after the judge decided that a test of Smith's blood-alcohol level couldn't be used as evidence in the case. Prosecutors said they were disappointed by the decision.

From The Detroit News:

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