She did extra than simply go the Bar!
A robust Iowa decide was busted driving intoxicated after allegedly zonking out behind the wheel and drifting into oncoming visitors on a significant freeway, in keeping with police and witnesses.
State decide Adria Kester, 55, landed on the improper aspect of the legislation after one other motorist reported she “seemed unconscious” and was “slumped over the steering wheel” on US Freeway 30 in Boone Tuesday evening, the Des Moines Register reported.
As her new pickup truck veered throughout the freeway’s median, a witness climbed into it by way of the again window and put it in park, in keeping with a Boone County Sheriff’s Workplace arrest report.
Kester — who’s chief decide of Iowa’s largest district, the Second Judicial — was “unsteady and couldn’t stroll on her personal,” in keeping with police.
Cops allegedly discovered “a cup with a liquid that smelled like alcohol” in her 2026 GMC Canyon Denali and noticed that she had “bloodshot watery eyes and slurred speech,” in keeping with the arrest report.
She was charged with working whereas intoxicated and booked into jail at 4 a.m. Wednesday.
She has pleaded not responsible.
“Decide Kester acknowledges the seriousness of the scenario and is totally cooperating with legislation enforcement and the judicial course of,” her lawyer, Matt Lindholm, stated in a press release. “She is dedicated to addressing this matter responsibly and in accordance with the legislation.”
