Note:   A 0.3 reading mentioned would be borderline
dead.   I suspect they meant a reading 0.03.

Woman Arrested After Drinking Three Glasses of
Listerine Pleads Guilty to Drunken Driving
01-26-2005 2:45 PM

ADRIAN, Mich. --  A woman arrested after failing a sobriety
test and telling police she drank three glasses of Listerine
has pleaded guilty to drunken driving.

Police said Carol A. Ries, 50, of Adrian entered guilty
pleas Jan. 20. to operating a car under the influence and
following too closely.  Police suspected she had been
drinking alcohol after she rear-ended another vehicle at
red light on Jan. 9.

She passed one breathalyzer test, but failed another that
used different equipment. Police found a bottle of Listerine
in her car, and she told them she had had three glasses
earlier in the day. Her blood alcohol level was .3, more
than three times the legal limit, police said.

Prosecutors agreed to drop charges of having an open
intoxicant in the vehicle and not having insurance, Sgt.
Lynn Courington said Wednesday.

According to Listerine manufacturer Pfizer Inc.'s Web site,
original formula Listerine contains 26.9 percent alcohol,
more than four times that of many malt liquors. Other
varieties contain 21.6 percent alcohol.

No telephone listings for a Carol Ries in Adrian, about 75
miles southwest of Detroit, could be found, and the Lenawee
County District Court said she did not have a lawyer.

Ries, who does not have a history of drunken driving, could
face up to 93 days in jail and a $500 fine when she is
sentenced Feb. 11.