Re: DUI police report on Smokin' Harry

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: Most irritating voice in radio. : : : New details regarding the drunken driving charge against ESPN radio : : personality Harry Teinowitz emerged today as the Skokie police : : released a report detailing the arrest. : : According to the report, police heard a dispatch about a possible : : driving under the influence suspect near the 8800 block of Kolmar : : Avenue on March 5 around midnight. A driver who saw Teinowitz told a : : police dispatcher that he “was convinced [Teinowitz] was either going : : to crash or seriously injure himself.” : : The report further noted the caller said Teinowitz’s car was swerving : : across all lanes of traffic. : : Police later spotted a vehicle matching the description given by the : : caller and saw Teinowitz’s car “suddenly swerve over to the right side : : of the road, almost striking the curb,” according to the report. : : When Teinowitz was pulled over, officers immediately detected “a very : : strong odor of fresh cannabis emitting from inside the vehicle.” The : : officers asked him if he had marijuana in his possession, to which the : : radio host replied that he didn’t have any. When asked why the car : : reeked of marijuana, Teinowitz replied that his car was recently : : parked by a valet, who he said must have been smoking marijuana in the : : vehicle. : : Unfortunately for Teinowitz, he had a green leafy substance on his : : shirt that police suspected was cannabis. Again, officers asked where : : the marijuana was and this time Teinowitz didn’t respond, according to : : the report. : : Teinowitz, 50, told police that he was just returning from the : : Blackhawks hockey game in Chicago and agreed to a field sobriety test. : : Throughout the process, he was “unable to keep his balance” and : : “almost fell over” during one of the tests, according to the report. : : The officers ultimately stopped the test because they feared Teinowitz : : was going to fall and hurt himself, the report noted. : : At the police station, Teinowitz advised police several times that the : : officers “could not do this as he works for the Disney Company and he : : would lose his job.” He asked several times if he could call “the : : mayor,” a request denied him. : : Teinowitz, who was suspended as host of "The Afternoon Saloon," had a : : blood alcohol content level of .131 and was charged with improper lane : : usage and driving under the influence of alcohol. Police decided not : : to file charges relating to possible marijuana use.

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