Skagit County DUI News: Felony DUI charge out of Anacortes

On October 3rd, 2010, in Anacortes, Skagit County, a 40-year-old man was charged with felony DUI after he did not heed warnings not to drive. Officers were called to a gas station at 24th Street and Commercial Avenue around 12:10 a.m. after the clerk saw what he believed to be a very intoxicated men drive up in a truck. Officers contacted the man, who appeared intoxicated to them as well. They told him not to drive and offered to drive him home or to call a friend, family member or taxi for him. The man declined assistance and said he would walk home. An hour later the clerk called back and said the man retrieved his car and drove away. An officer found the vehicle on Highway 20 near Thompson Road and arrested the driver. Because of a previous vehicular homicide conviction, the man's DUI arrest was charged as a felony. He was taken to the hospital for a blood draw and taken to jail.

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