By Don Sweeney
Source Merced Sun-Star (Merced, Calif.)
An accused drunken driver blurted out an inadvertent confession to an officer who pulled him over, California police reported.
“I was just dropping off my friend because I’m the DUI tonight,” the man tells the officer in a body cam video posted to Instagram by the Murrieta Police Department. The encounter took place early Jan. 1.
“You’re the DUI tonight?” the officer asks.
“Yes sir,” the driver replies.
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by Murrieta Police Department (@murrietapd)
“Do you mean to say the DD?” the officer asks, referring to a designated driver, typically someone who does not drink alcohol in order to safely drive other celebrants home.
“Uh, sorry,” the driver replies. He was arrested after police said he failed a field sobriety test, “struggling to maintain balance and nearly falling multiple times.”
He also told the officer that he drank champagne and beer a few hours earlier, police said.
“And he was in fact, the DUI tonight,” a comment on the Instagram post read.
Murrieta is about an 80-mile drive southeast from Los Angeles.
___
(c)2025 the Merced Sun-Star (Merced, Calif.)
Visit the Merced Sun-Star (Merced, Calif.) at www.mercedsunstar.com
Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
