(La Porte, IN) - A driver, who was too young to drink alcohol legally, was arrested early on Friday for drunk driving after clocked at nearly three times the speed limit in La Porte.

It was after 2 a.m. when Brenden Perry, 19, of Hanna was caught traveling 70 miles per hour in a 25 mile per hour zone on Lincolnway near Tyler Street, according to La Porte County Police.

During a traffic stop, police said Perry denied consuming alcohol at first but later admitted consuming “more alcohol than he should have for his age.”  His alleged blood alcohol level was .223-percent or nearly three times the legal limit.

Perry was booked into the La Porte County Jail on Class A misdemeanor operating while intoxicated and Class C misdemeanor minor consumption of alcohol, police said.