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Man Charged With Driving Zamboni Drunk

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 30, 2008 5:00 PM CST
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(Newser) – A Maine man has been charged with drunken driving after police found him, intoxicated, atop an idling Zamboni ice-resurfacer, the Portland Press Herald reports. The man was found inside a building that appeared to have been burglarized and damaged; he was also charged with criminal mischief, burglary, and a bail violation. Police responded to the scene when the fire alarm sounded, apparently because someone driving a forklift ruptured a sprinkler line.

A Zamboni.
A Zamboni.   (©soundfromwayout)
A Zamboni.
A Zamboni.   (©Eric Kilby)
Zamboni.
Zamboni.   (©Beige Alert)
A park district employee drives a Zamboni across the ice rink in Chicago Millennium Park.
A park district employee drives a Zamboni across the ice rink in Chicago Millennium Park.   (AP Photo)
Was this Zamboni ice-clearing machine helmed by an intoxicated driver?
Was this Zamboni ice-clearing machine helmed by an intoxicated driver?   (AP Photo)
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Shannonals
Dec 30, 2008 10:10 PM CST
Hilarious

Of course, this has happened before
ABC News

Another case, where DUI was tossed
Kansas City Star

They also do it in Canada
National Post

 
DUI • drunk driving • Maine • burglary • ice • Portland, Maine • parole violation • Zamboni • operating under the influence

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