A Lynn man with seven drunken driving convictions was ordered held without bail yesterday after being nabbed in Swampscott Tuesday, where his blood-alcohol level allegedly was more than four times the legal limit.
``Yep, I had two beers. No, four beers. Well, I had a lot to drink,'' a slurring Mark L. Burge, 43, allegedly told Swampscott Patrolman Michael Frayler after running a red light on Paradise Road just before 6 p.m. Tuesday.
According to the officer's report, Burge had to be asked four times for his license and registration, almost falling down when he was asked to step out of his Pontiac Grand Prix. Frayler said Burge flunked three separate sobriety tests after the officer had to catch him from falling.
Police found an empty 200 milliliter bottle of vodka in Burge's car along with another half-empty bottle and three six-packs of beer. His breath test at the police station was recorded at .33, just over four times the legal blood-alcohol limit of .08. Although a number of factors are involved in determining blood-alcohol level, someone of Burge's weight, nearly 180 pounds, would have to consume 14 drinks in an hour to reach .33.
Trying to hide behind his attorney with his head down yesterday in Lynn District Court, Burge was ordered held without bail by Judge Joseph Dever until a dangerousness hearing May 27.
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``Yep, I had two beers. No, four beers. Well, I had a lot to drink,'' a slurring Mark L. Burge, 43, allegedly told Swampscott Patrolman Michael Frayler after running a red light on Paradise Road just before 6 p.m. Tuesday.
According to the officer's report, Burge had to be asked four times for his license and registration, almost falling down when he was asked to step out of his Pontiac Grand Prix. Frayler said Burge flunked three separate sobriety tests after the officer had to catch him from falling.
Police found an empty 200 milliliter bottle of vodka in Burge's car along with another half-empty bottle and three six-packs of beer. His breath test at the police station was recorded at .33, just over four times the legal blood-alcohol limit of .08. Although a number of factors are involved in determining blood-alcohol level, someone of Burge's weight, nearly 180 pounds, would have to consume 14 drinks in an hour to reach .33.
Trying to hide behind his attorney with his head down yesterday in Lynn District Court, Burge was ordered held without bail by Judge Joseph Dever until a dangerousness hearing May 27.
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