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Zamboni Operator Charged with DWI
APPLE VALLEY (AP) — A Twin Cities man who allegedly drove a Zamboni at a peewee hockey game while drunk is now charged with DWI.
Thirty-four-year-old Joel Bruss of Apple Valley was charged this week with four counts of driving while impaired.
According to the complaint, Bruss had a blood-alcohol content of 0.32 percent — four times the legal limit for driving in Minnesota.
Parents at an Apple Valley ice arena called police on Jan. 30 to report that Bruss was driving the ice-resurfacing machine erratically.
According to the complaint, when police arrived at Hayes Ice Arena, Bruss had gotten the Zamboni stuck half-on and half-off the ice.
Bruss has been suspended from his part-time job.
He did not immediately return a phone call for comment Thursday.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
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