(La Porte, IN) - A 22 year old La Porte man failed miserably in his effort to fool police to keep from being arrested a second time for OWI.

 

Hunter Slucter was stopped last night after clocked traveling 45 mph in a 35 mph zone on Pine Lake Ave.

 

According to La Porte County Police, he pulled over in the area of Waverly Road and Closser Ave. but his 2013 Honda Accord kept rolling forward until he acted on orders to place the vehicle into park.

 

Right away, the officer after detecting an odor of alcohol from the vehicle along with signs of impairment asked Slucter about his prior activities that evening.

 

Police said Slucter responded he was coming from the "gym."

 

He also denied consuming alcoholic beverages.

 

According to police, Slucter even told the officer he must be imagining things when he asked several more times whether he had consumed any alcohol.  

 

After he refused to submit to a field sobriety test, police said a court ordered search warrant was obtained to draw blood from his arm to measure any alcohol in his system.

 

While waiting for the test results, police said Slucter claimed to have consumed a large amount of “Nyquil.” 

 

Nyquil is an over the counter cough syrup containing 10 percent alcohol. The product comes in eight, 12 and 16 ounce bottles.

 

His alleged blood alcohol level was slightly more than twice the .08 percent legal limit.

 

According to court records, Slucter was sentenced to six months of probation for OWI in Porter County on July 31.

 

He’s now looking at the possibly of six months to 30 months in jail since the misdemeanor charge was upgraded to a Level 6 felony because of the prior conviction.