Three-Time DWI Offender Busted After Doing Doughnuts in Woodbury Parking Lot

A Woodbury man who has three prior DWI convictions told police he was “acting like an idiot” after officers saw him doing doughnuts in a parking lot and stopped him a little after 2 a.m. on March 16.

That’s according to the criminal complaint against Lance Thomas Meyer, 21, who now faces a felony DWI charge stemming from the mid-March arrest.

An officer on routine patrol saw a white Cadillac cross from Wild Bill’s Sports Saloon to the Life Time Fitness parking lot and proceed to do doughnuts, according to the complaint. The officer then watched the car pass by the Holiday gas station and proceed onto Radio Drive without signaling, the complaint says.

After initiating a traffic stop, the officer identified the sole occupant as Meyer, who does not have a valid driver’s license and was previously convicted of three DWI offenses—one in 2009 and two in 2011, according to the complaint.

The officer noticed a strong smell of alcohol coming from the vehicle, and the driver admitted he was “acting like an idiot” in the gym’s parking lot, the complaint says.

Meyer then failed field-sobriety tests, registered a .142 on a preliminary breath test and was subsequently arrested on suspicion of DWI, according to the complaint. During a later breath test at the Washington County Jail, he registered a .17 blood-alcohol concentration.

Meyer has numerous alcohol- and drug-related convictions on his record, the complaint says, and he’s also on probation in Ramsey County.

If convicted, he faces up to seven years in prison and a $14,000 fine.

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