Senator John Kerry’s Daughter Charged with DUI

The daughter of Senator John Kerry, a Democrat from Massachusetts, was arrested in Hollywood on Thursday and charged with DUI.

Alexandra Kerry was allegedly stopped by Hollywood police officers at about 12:40 a.m. and brought to the police station for an investigation, the Huffington Post reports.

Officer April Harding told the new source the 36-year-old woman was held for about five hours and released at about 5:30 a.m. after posting $5,000 bail.

“Senator Kerry supports his daughter and will have no further comment on a private matter,” said John Kerry’s spokeswoman Jodi Seth.

Seth also claimed that the senator’s daughter was pulled over for an expired registration, but was released after a breathalyzer test confirmed her blood-alcohol content was under California’s legal limit for driving of 0.08 percent.

Harding stated that she had no knowledge of Alexandra Kerry’s breathalyzer test results, but indicated that drivers with blood-alcohol levels below the legal limit may still be arrested for DUI of officers determine that they were driving recklessly.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving estimates that one arrest for DUI is made for every 772 episodes of driving within two hours of drinking.

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GOP Senator’s Wife, Charlene Lugar, Arrested on DUI, Hit & Run

The wife of Indiana’s Republican Senator Richard Lugar, Charlene Lugar, was arrested and charged on an alleged drunken hit and run, and a car collision. The Associated Press reports that Charlene Lugar is accused by police of a DUI and “a hit-and-run after hitting a parked car in northern Virginia.”
The news station, CBS, reported the story with the following headline: “Loaded Lugar: Seantor’s Wife, Charlene Lugar, Charged for Drunken Hit-and-Run,” an example of the type of media coverage that has Senator’s Lugar’s office reeling; the repercussions of this type of story can be devastating to a political career.
The Fairfax County, Virginia County Police have Mrs. Lugar’s mug shot, and report that Senator Lugar’s office released the following public statement earlier this week: “At about 6:30 p.m. last evening, November 18th, Mrs. Lugar had a traffic accident in our McLean, Virginia neighborhood. A charge has been filed and a court appearance is scheduled for January. No other persons were in her car or the unattended car she hit. Thankfully, no one was injured. We are deeply sorry and embarrassed that this accident has occurred.” The Senator’s wife, Charlene Lugar is 72; her court appearance is scheduled for January 8, 2010 in Fairfax County General District Court.

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