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Police arrest drunken driver after intense pursuit that reaches six mph on stolen scooter

GasBuddy Blog -- A drunk man in Indianapolis, Indiana recently decided to steal a vehicle from Walmart and fly down city streets- at six miles per hour- from the electric scooter he stole, according to WTHR.

Marcus Degraphenreed was arrested yesterday morning after police found him riding around on a stolen electric scooter, meant for disabled Walmart customers, at 4am in an Indianapolis suburb.

Perhaps the most amazing aspect of this goofy story is that Marcus paraded around city streets in balmy weather- featuring an air temperature of 18 degrees, with a windchill making it feel like just ten degrees.

Degraphenreed now faces drunk driving charges, which on a 6-mph electric scooter should garner some laughter in private from...


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Vette1967
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Message Posted: May 19, 2013 1:38:20 AM

Dumb.
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Message Posted: May 18, 2013 2:17:48 PM

Imagine that!
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Message Posted: May 18, 2013 12:25:26 AM

lol, a lawn mower would have been faster.
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Message Posted: Apr 25, 2013 9:34:55 PM

people just keep reposting... guess it is better than the crazy political stuff
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Message Posted: Apr 24, 2013 4:43:45 AM

While not condoning his behavior... Is this really drunk driving?
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Message Posted: Apr 21, 2013 5:54:23 AM

it takes all kinds.
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Message Posted: Apr 21, 2013 5:46:45 AM

And the recycling continues...
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WanderDan
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Message Posted: Apr 18, 2013 7:19:38 AM

old news..
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Message Posted: Apr 18, 2013 7:09:44 AM

anything to make money for the legal system... priceless!!
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WanderDan
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Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 10:00:40 PM

DUI -- really???
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Message Posted: Mar 3, 2013 9:38:19 PM

In Massachusetts, the scooter does not qualify as a "motor vehicle" so he couldn't be arrested for drunk driving ("Operating Under the Influence," here).

But he could be taken in on larceny of the scooter, disorderly person, and breach of the peace.
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WanderDan
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Message Posted: Mar 3, 2013 9:17:55 PM

but dui -- REALLY?? legal system out of control
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WanderDan
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Message Posted: Mar 3, 2013 9:17:09 PM

lol
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stupid is as stupid does
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Message Posted: Mar 3, 2013 12:32:41 PM

drunk is drunk, STUPID!
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too funny!
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lol.
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smart: not a news article, but a blog post by one of GB's senior analysts.
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Message Posted: Feb 27, 2013 4:48:13 PM

still a bad idea.
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Message Posted: Feb 27, 2013 6:26:18 AM

First time that I have read this news article ... this is an issue with the man being drunk ... driving on the roadways is a detriment to other drivers out there. We need to opinion our opposition to impaired driving .. no matter what kind of vehicle is involved.
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Message Posted: Feb 27, 2013 3:52:55 AM

MP: probably lots of coverage, though come to think, at 4 am, maybe there weren't quite so many choppers in the air.
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Message Posted: Feb 26, 2013 3:15:10 PM

I wonder how many cops were in the chase? Was there helicopter coverage:)
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Message Posted: Feb 26, 2013 2:21:16 PM

yes, bound to happen.
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wowser.... what an exciting chase! Not!!!!
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Message Posted: Feb 25, 2013 12:42:16 PM

Wow! This article is getting more mileage than the drunken scooter thief!
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lol
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you always have some creeps around... =)
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Old 'news'.
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Really, really old.
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o'kay, have read this 4 times now, and it's still not " NEWS " ..
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Funny, but we already heard this.
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How many times have we discussed this?
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Old news
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Whatever?!?
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Only in Indiana...
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Again, Very old!
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Nothing new since Friday?
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Old news.....
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old, read this last week.
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Old news.
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Very old
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I have seen this article at least 3 times already.
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Four day old news...
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OK, next article
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Yeterdays news!
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At least they got him before he traded up!
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Two days old news... needs replacement.
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Old news, still stupid is as stupid does
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old and stupid.
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Hate it when that happens.
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