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Markel
06-28-2005, 06:34 PM
Link (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050628/D8B0RER85.html)

Ice Rink Zamboni Operator Charged With DUI

Jun 28, 4:47 PM (ET)

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - You can't drive with alcohol in your system, even if the vehicle is a four-ton ice-cleaning machine at a skating rink.

Zamboni operator John Peragallo was charged with drunken driving after a fellow employee at the Mennen Sports Arena in Morristown called police and reported that the machine was speeding and nearly crashed into the boards.

Police arrived after Peragallo had parked the machine after grooming the ice during a break in a public skating session.

Police said Peragallo's blood alcohol level was 0.12 percent. Levels of 0.08 percent and above are considered legally drunk.

Zamboni privileges were revoked for Peragallo, 63, who has worked for the Morris County park system since 1994.
PrObLy
06-28-2005, 06:40 PM
This has got to be the coolest thing I have ever read.
chrissy
06-28-2005, 07:14 PM
Well, apparently he wanted his scotch on the rocks.

What's wrong with that?
bachviet
06-28-2005, 08:03 PM
His co-worker really stabbed him in the back.
gear02
06-28-2005, 08:27 PM
His co-worker really stabbed him in the back.

well...if you were wedged between the ice and the wheels of the zamboni, i bet you'd call the police too :heh:
Thesifer
06-28-2005, 09:59 PM
You'd think they could have taken that up at a job level.. now it will cost him his job (most likely) and whatever fees/fines for "Driving Under the Influence" .. Stupid co-workers.. just get the guy fired if it bothers you so much.. dont go get him arrested.. sheesh :shake:
Bires
06-28-2005, 10:27 PM
most likely he was not actually arrested. In most states, you cannot be charged with a (non-capital) crime on private property unless the land owner presses charges. Since they only revoked his zamboni privaledges, :heh: rather than outright fire him, his employers most likely did not press charges.

Besides, it's HOCKEY! The refs usually arrive a litle drunk.
Thesifer
06-29-2005, 07:57 AM
yeah.. but the refs cant drive over the Walls and Stands.. and kill innocent ...........Hockey Equipment.