Officers first stopped the 27-year-old around 3 a.m. Aug. 17 in North Bend after spotting erratic driving, and again seven days later, police said.
SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — A Snoqualmie man was arrested twice in the same week on suspicion of driving under the influence, in nearly the same spot, according to police.
Officers first stopped the 27-year-old around 3 a.m. Aug. 17 in North Bend after spotting erratic driving, police said. He was allegedly impaired and driving without a license and was booked into the Issaquah Jail.
Seven days later, Snoqualmie police said they pulled the same man over less than a mile from the initial arrest site. Tests showed his blood alcohol content was nearly three times the legal limit. He was booked into jail a second time, now facing another DUI charge.
“It’s just shocking,” Snoqualmie police spokesperson Melinda Black said. “We haven’t seen anything like this, at least that I can recall … the same town, the same driver, nearly the same spot.”
Black said Snoqualmie and North Bend police average about 50 DUI arrests a year. Over Labor Day weekend, only one DUI was reported citywide — none during the same weekend last year.
“We don’t need a holiday to be looking for DUIs. It’s something we are constantly monitoring for,” Black said. “As a law enforcement agency, one of the greatest impacts we can have on public safety is removing impaired drivers from the road and potentially saving lives.”
As of Tuesday afternoon, it was unclear why the man was released after his first arrest. He remains in custody facing two DUI charges. No injuries were reported in either incident.
“I hope that he’s learned from these experiences and that he can understand that he’s not only putting himself in danger but he’s putting others at risk too,” Black said. “Hopefully this will help him to not do it anymore.”
