Captain Jason Berry
Government and Media Relations
(360) 596-4010 – office
(360) 596-4015 – fax
http://www.wsp.wa.gov
*** For Immediate Release***
Date:
August 22, 2010
Contact:
Trooper Christina Martin
Phone:
425-766-0812
E-mail:
Christina.Martin@wsp.wa.gov
Bride Arrested for DUI Just Hours Before her Wedding
A 31 year old Bellevue bride was arrested early Saturday morning just hours before she was to be married. The bride was stopped just after 6 a.m. by a Washington State Patrol Trooper. She had been traveling in excess of 90 MPH on northbound Interstate 405 near N.E. 8th street while weaving in and out of her lane. When the trooper stopped her she told him she was heading home from her bachelorette party in Issaquah and was getting married in Burien early that afternoon. The bride admitted she had been arrested once before for DUI and she was familiar with the routine. The bride’s BAC level was .146, nearly twice the legal limit in Washington.
The bride will face charges in King County District Court.