Elysian s Mayor Tom McBroom was recently charged in Le Sueur County Court with two counts of third-degree DWI, one count of speeding, and one count of careless driving after being pulled over in April by a Le Sueur County Sheriff s Deputy on Highway 60.
The deputy pulled McBroom over for speeding April 16th on Highway 60. KSTP-TV reports that after the deputy had pulled McBroom over that the deputy smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from the truck.
McBroom allegedly initially told the deputy that he hadn t had any alcohol to drink, but that he admitted to speeding, telling the deputy that he had been speeding 70 to 80 miles per hour on his way to Elysian after being in Faribault at a retirement party.
Charges: Southern Minnesota mayor was drunk, drove 97 mph
His blood-alcohol content was more than double the legal limit, charges note.
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The mayor of Elysian and former Rice County sheriff s deputy is accused of being drunk when he got pulled over for driving nearly 100 mph down Highway 60 last month.
Thomas Edward McBroom Sr., 62, of Elysian, is charged with two counts of gross misdemeanor third-degree DWI, misdemeanor careless driving and petty misdemeanor speeding in connection to the April 16 incident.
According to the criminal complaint filed this week, a Le Sueur County deputy saw a pickup truck traveling at a high rate of speed on westbound Minnesota Highway 60 at around 10:35 p.m. on April 16, clocking the motorist as traveling 97 mph in a 60-mph zone.
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