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| Stacy man gets 2 DWI tickets within 2 hours |
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| Tuesday, 21 April 2009 | |
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Cliff Buchan News Editor It just wasn’t a good night for a Stacy man who was arrested twice by police in Forest Lake within two hours for driving while intoxicated. Michael Douglas Johnson, 39, of 31645 Lyons St., was given two tickets and spent the night in the Washington County Jail after being arrested for the second time at 1:49 a.m. on Tuesday. It all started at shortly past midnight when Johnson was pulled over by a Forest Lake officer for suspicion of drunk driving. According to Forest Lake police reports, Johnson’s truck was seen leaving the Northland Mall parking lot and turned north on US-61 (Lake Street) without signaling a left turn. After the vehicle crossed over the center line, it was stopped by police on Lake Street at 11th Avenue. Johnson was taken to the Forest Lake Police Station where he posted a breath test of .15, nearly twice the legal limit and was ticketed for fourth-degree DWI. He was released to a sober party and convinced police to not tow his vehicle which had been parked on 11th Avenue and would be moved by a sober party. The first arrest came at 12:34 a.m. At 1:49 a.m., a second Forest Lake officer, not directly involved in the first arrest, observed Johnson’s white truck traveling on US-8 near the I-35 exit at a speed roughly 15 miles per hour below the posted limit. The truck was stopped and Johnson was found driving the vehicle. He was taken into custody and transported to the Washington County Jail in Stillwater where he was charged with a second count of fourth-degree DWI, police said. Lottery fraud Just how much is a winning Minnesota State Lottery scratch-off ticket worth? For a Chisago City man, it could be a fine and some time in jail. Matthew James White, 18, of Chisago City, stands accused of state lottery fraud-claim prize by fraud or deceit following an incident on Jan. 29, 2009. The alleged crime stems for White’s employment at SuperAmerica, 1086 W. Broadway Ave. Based on video surveillance from the store, White is accused of taking $200 in lottery scratch-off tickets and later claiming a $30 prize. In early February, Forest Lake police forwarded the case to the Washington County Attorney’s Office. On Thursday, April 16, White was formally charged with the crime. In another case involving a Forest Lake woman, Melissa Jo Tornell, 39, has been charged in Washington County District Court with wrongfully obtaining assistance-theft, in a complaint brought by the Stillwater Police Department. She was formally charged in district court on April 16. Social Bookmarking ...       |
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