Wisconsin attorney general cited for DUI
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Lautenschlager's refusal to take a blood test could cost her her driver's license, officials said.
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MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) -- Wisconsin's attorney general was cited for drunken driving and fined $784 after her car went off the road and into a ditch. She could also lose her driver's license because she refused to take a blood test, sheriff's officials said Tuesday.
In a statement to her staff, Peg Lautenschlager said she fell asleep Monday night and drove off the road.
Lautenschlager's blood alcohol level was 0.12 percent, according to a preliminary breath test cited in the sheriff's report. The legal limit in Wisconsin is 0.08 percent.
She was cited for first offense drunken driving, a civil citation that is usually handled with a fine. But according to the sheriff's report, she refused to take a blood test, which is illegal.
If convicted of refusing to take a blood test, Lautenschlager could lose her license for a year and have to undergo alcohol counseling.
She told an officer that she had had a couple of drinks earlier in the evening, according to a sheriff's report. The report does not indicate whether Lautenschlager was injured.
Her spokesman Brian Rieselman declined comment.
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