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Post-Beehive DUI Crash Fuels St. Charles Tavern Debate
St. Charles police send a report to the Liquor Commission after a Beehive patron drives into a parked car with a blood-alochol content three times the legal limit.
St. Charles police have forwarded a report to the city Liquor Commission after a woman had an accident within minutes of leaving The Beehive Tavern, 204 W. Main St., early Friday. No one was hurt in the crash, but police said the woman’s blood-alcohol content was three times the legal limit. Police described the woman, whose blood-alcohol content was .248, as “extremely intoxicated,” and the report concludes that the tavern either overserved alcohol to the woman or allowed her to remain on the premises in an intoxicated state, both of which violate the city’s liquor code. Kathryn Dale Doepke, 22, of the 100 block of South 3rd Street, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, DUI with a blood-alcohol content greater than .08…
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Jay Moffat
9:24 am on Thursday, February 7, 2013
Perhaps another issue is the immaturity of the patron for getting behind the wheel of a car. Patron's listed address is 100 block of south Third Street. Beehive is on 200 block of west Main St. This 22 year old could not walk a block and a half between listed address and Beehive. Or worse yet, she did walk to Beehive and then decided to drive somewhere else! The staff at the Beehive is still … more ›