Georgia sheriff arrested on DUI charge after blood-alcohol content allegedly almost triple legal limit

A Georgia sheriff was arrested past week aft helium was allegedly recovered swerving "all implicit the roadway" successful a county-issued vehicle.

Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch had a humor intoxicant contented astir 3 times greater than the ineligible bounds astatine the clip of his arrest, which was 10:30 a.m. connected Feb. 27, constabulary say. Hall was arrested and taken to jail, but helium was released connected enslaved that night.

According to a constabulary study obtained by section Fox 5 Atlanta, a Hall County lawman recognized Couch's conveyance and said that the sheriff "could not support lane astatine all."

Knowing it was his ain boss's vehicle, the lawman past reached retired to the Georgia State Patrol and asked them to pb an investigation, though helium continued pursuing the vehicle, the outlet reported.

Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch was arrested connected DUI charges connected Feb. 27, 2026. (Hall County Sheriff's Office)

Once the sheriff was pulled over, the lawman noted the odor of alcohol, and different responding authorities trooper reported a "strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from his breath."  According to the constabulary report, Couch's humor intoxicant contented was tested astatine 0.212%, astir 3 times the ineligible bounds of 0.08%.

Under questioning from officers, Couch allegedly admitted helium had been drinking and said helium "screwed up," claiming to person started drinking astatine 6 a.m. but that helium had not had different portion since 8 a.m.

The officers allegedly recovered 2 unfastened alcoholic drinks wrong the vehicle.

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Details of Couch's apprehension came conscionable days aft a Pennsylvania schoolhouse autobus operator was accused of driving 54 simple schoolhouse children portion implicit 4 times the ineligible intoxicant limit.

School buses lined up successful a parking lot (jhorrocks/iStock)

On Tuesday, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Douglass Township Police Chief Robert B. Evans announced an apprehension warrant for Kelly Weber, 46, of Boyertown.

Weber is charged with driving nether the influence, 54 counts each of endangering the payment of children and reckless endangerment and related summary offenses.

Authorities said constabulary were alerted astir 4 p.m. Feb. 6 that a schoolhouse autobus was driving erratically and narrowly missing different vehicles.

Police responded to reports of a schoolhouse autobus driving erratically successful Pennsylvania this this week. (iStock)

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A responding serviceman aboriginal recovered the autobus stopped successful a snowbank.

Investigators said officers recovered an unfastened 750ml vessel of Tito’s vodka, 2 bare 50ml bottles and a receipt showing the intoxicant was purchased earlier that morning.

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