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Swerving Driver Allegedly at .40 BAC

(LaPorte County, IN) - A swerving driver was arrested for being intoxicated Sunday night thanks to a cell phone call to 911 from another driver.

According to La Porte County Police, 47-year old Juan Lopez of Michigan City had a blood alcohol level five times the .08-percent legal limit.

About 8 p.m., the cell phone user and a responding officer each saw the vehicle swerving on U.S 20, police said.

The stop was made near State Road 39.

Police say Lopez also had 10 open containers of Miller Lite in his vehicle.

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