Crime & Safety
Driver Picks Up Fourth DWI Charge on I-270 in Sunset Hills
John C. Bates blew a .109 percent on a Breathalyzer test, according to police.
A man faces his fourth driving while intoxicated charge after police pulled him over last Friday on Interstate 270 in Sunset Hills.
John C. Bates, 39, of Warrenton, was charged with DWI as an aggravated offender, a class C felony. Bates has three previous DWI convictions.
Sunset Hills Police said an officer pulled Bates over on southbound I-270 near Gravois Road because he was driving a vehicle with the license plates of another vehicle. The officer smelled alcohol on Bates, who subsequently failed a sobriety test, according to police.
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When Bates took a Breathalyzer test, his blood-alcohol level registered at 0.109 percent.
Bates was convicted of DWI three times: in 2008 in Jefferson County, in 1999 in Potosi, and in 1997 in Herculaneum.
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