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4/5/06

OSU FOOTBALL | NOTEBOOK

Boone barely avoided jail on drunken-driving charge

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Ken Gordon and Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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When Ohio State offensive tackle Alex Boone was charged with driving under the influence Sunday, he avoided a mandatory jail sentence by the slimmest of margins.

Boone, 18, was charged after Columbus police responded to a two-car accident about 2 a.m. Sunday, according to the accident report.

Boone was just south of campus on W. 10 th Ave., traveling about 25 mph when he hit the back of a car that had stopped to park, the report said.

Each car carried two people, but there were no injuries.

Boone was given a breath test, and his blood-alcohol level registered at 0.159. That’s 0.001 of a percent less than 0.160, which is double the Ohio legal limit and carries a three-day jail sentence.

Boone participated in yesterday’s practice, the team’s first since the incident. Athletics department spokesman Steve Snapp said he did not anticipate Boone would sit out any spring practices.

Under the athletic department’s substance-abuse policy, Boone will undergo increased testing and counseling, but there is no mandatory suspension from the team.

Snapp said any other punishment coach Jim Tressel might have for Boone would not be made public.
The DUI charge is a first-degree misdemeanor. Boone also was cited for failure to control.
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6'8" and 320 pounds blowing a .159???

Can anyone tell me how this translates into beers or drinks? I know the legal limit is .08, but you'd blow that after two beers.

Not that it matters. The kid should not have been driving, period.
 
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ysubuck said:
6'8" and 320 pounds blowing a .159???

Can anyone tell me how this translates into beers or drinks? I know the legal limit is .08, but you'd blow that after two beers.
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Not true, it takes an average weight male ~4 drinks in one hour to reach .08.
For Boone, at his weight, and with it being 2am, he probably had 15+ beers

Here is a generic BAC chart. IIRC, its x-amount of drinks in 1 hour on an empty stomach:

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AirForceBuck said:
Hes only 18. Under Ohio law, a minor is NOT allowed to consume alcohol.
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from http://onlinedocs.andersonpublishing.com/

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strohs said:
from http://onlinedocs.andersonpublishing.com/

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Ok, but he is still not allowed to drink at all. The drinking age is 21, not 18. Show me the law where it says that tis lawfull to drink in Columbus Ohio at age 18. Because here in C-bus if you are caught under age 21, you are charged with underage alcohol consumption.

Do you not understand:

age 21+ = lawfully allowed to drink

age >21 = not lawfully allowed to drink. Therefore, one beer is over the legal limit since it is alcohol.

http://www.publicsafety.ohio.gov/odps_publications/HSY%207710%20%20Get%20With%20It%209-05.pdf
 
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