Chicago DUI lawyer comments on the liquor commissioner's DUI

This Chicago DUI lawyer has posted about city workers, Turnpike executives, and politicians being charged with DUI’s. Now it gets even stranger.

April 19, Gilford, NH

N.H. Liquor Commissioner Richard Simard was arrested here Saturday night for driving while intoxicated.

Gilford Police Chief John Markland says that Simard, 67, of 24 Charles Chase Way, Manchester, was stopped by Gilford police near the Airport Plaza on Rte. 11 at around 11:30 Saturday night.

He said that Gilford police were on the lookout for a car whose description matched that of the white, four-door BMW 3-Series that Simard was driving after Laconia police received a report of a possible drunk driver heading toward Gilford.

Simard was stopped for speeding and officers conducted a field sobriety test after Simard refused a breath test.

Markland said that Simard was taken into custody and transported to the Belknap County Department of Corrections jail. He was later released and will be arraigned on a DWI charge in Laconia District Court on May 6.

In all fairness to the accused, I don’t think most of us regard speeding as a sign of drunk driving.