Sheriff charged with 4 misdemeanors for drunkenness in crash

Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (AP) – Prosecutors in Douglas County have charged Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson with four misdemeanors for drunkenness after he crashed his vehicle this week.

Hutchinson rolled his county SUV on Interstate 94 near Alexandria during the early morning hours Wednesday.

He had been attending the Minnesota Sheriffs’ Association winter conference in the city, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.

An analysis of his urine determined that his blood alcohol content was 0.13%, while the state legal limit is 0.08%. Three of the charges were for driving while impaired. The fourth is for carrying a pistol while under the influence of alcohol.