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DWI charges against ex-FAA chief dismissed
Source: Associated Press
DWI charges against ex-FAA chief dismissed
AP foreign, Thursday May 10 2012
MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press= FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A judge on Thursday tossed out drunken driving charges against the former head of the Federal Aviation Administration after seeing video of the traffic stop and ruling that the officer had no legitimate reason to stop the driver.
Randy Babbitt, 65, resigned his post in December after news of his arrest became public.
At a trial Thursday, General District Judge Ian O'Flaherty dismissed the case after seeing video that showed Babbitt making what appeared to be a normal left turn into a parking lot, even though the officer had said that Babbitt had been driving on the wrong side of the road.
O'Flaherty called the traffic stop a "hunch" and dismissed the case before prosecutors could even present evidence of Babbitt's alleged intoxication.
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AP foreign, Thursday May 10 2012
MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press= FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A judge on Thursday tossed out drunken driving charges against the former head of the Federal Aviation Administration after seeing video of the traffic stop and ruling that the officer had no legitimate reason to stop the driver.
Randy Babbitt, 65, resigned his post in December after news of his arrest became public.
At a trial Thursday, General District Judge Ian O'Flaherty dismissed the case after seeing video that showed Babbitt making what appeared to be a normal left turn into a parking lot, even though the officer had said that Babbitt had been driving on the wrong side of the road.
O'Flaherty called the traffic stop a "hunch" and dismissed the case before prosecutors could even present evidence of Babbitt's alleged intoxication.
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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10236150