Crime & Safety
POLICE: Drunken Motorcyclist's Trail of Bodily Fluids Ends in Jail
Police say suspect's BAC was nearly three times the legal limit

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A Maple Heights man, with a blood alcohol content of almost three times the legal limit, was arrested in Beachwood after police said he tried to get on a motorcycle and tipped it.
Beachwood Police spotted John Mathews’ failed attempt to mount the bike just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 19 at the and stopped to talk to him.
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Mathews, 26, was drunk, said police, and was in violation of helmet laws and his novice motorcycle license restrictions.
They placed him under arrest, but the charges didn’t stop there: Mathews was accused of spitting in the rear of the police car, the jail booking area, and the holding cell; and urinating on the holding cell floor.
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He was charged with drunken driving, violating motorcycle license restrictions and disorderly conduct.
He posted a $10,000 bond Monday, Aug. 21.
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