The Bettendorf Community School District superintendent is facing a drunken driving charge after a Thursday afternoon accident in Benton County, Iowa.Driving a vehicle with a U-Haul behind you down an icy interstate and ending up in a ditch?
It is the second such charge for Marty John Lucas, 53. The first was in 1999.
Lucas declined comment through his attorney, Bob Gallagher. He has pleaded not guilty.
According to the police report, Lucas was southbound on an icy Interstate 380 about 5 p.m. Thursday when the 2008 Chevrolet Blazer he was driving and U-Haul he was hauling ended up in a ditch. The report said Lucas was not injured.
Lucas was taken to a convenience store in Urbana, Iowa, by fire personnel, officials said. A friend of Lucas’ took him back to the accident scene.
While the deputy talked with Lucas, he noticed an odor of alcohol, a police report said. Lucas admitted to drinking one beer with his lunch about 2 p.m. and nothing after the accident.
At 6:16 p.m., an hour after the crash, Lucas failed preliminary drunken driving tests. A breath test administered registered a blood alcohol content of 0.118. The legal limit is 0.08.
Lucas was named superintendent for Bettendorf in 2005.
He was arrested for drunken driving in July 1999 while he was superintendent in Charles City. He received a deferred judgment and a year’s probation. He was not penalized by the school district.
At the time of his hire, he talked about the arrest.
“It was by far the worst experience, professionally and personally, I’ve gone through,” he said. “I know that something like that will never happen again.”
That's bad judgment.
Drinking in the afternoon so that you're 0.118% BAC an hour after going in the ditch, lying to the police, and you're a public figure who is in charge of children?
Somebody had a problem in 1999 that needed looking after.
Now watch Craig Ferguson:
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