Crime & Safety
Man Suspected of DUI After Driving to Oconee Sheriff's Office
Deputies report they detected the scent of alcohol on the 62-year-old man's breath when he entered the lobby. An arrest isn't a conviction.
An Athens man who drove to the Oconee County Sheriff's Office and entered the lobby wound up in trouble with the law after authorities say they detected alcohol on his breath.
Bruce W. Curtis, 62, was charged Thursday with DUI after conversing with Chief Deputy Lee Weems and agreeing to blow into a portable alcohol tester, according to the Athens Banner-Herald. The device registered a .14 blood alcohol level, the newspaper reported.
Sheriff Scott Berry said it's not the first time a visitor to the Sheriff's Office has wound up facing a DUI charge. It's happened about five times over the past two decades, he estimated.
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