Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Ice cream from hell

Memo to ice cream truck drivers: do not throw your empty malt liquor cans onto the neighborhood lawns. Please remember to recycle.

According to the Journal Sentinel, David Brundell was arrested for driving an ice cream truck at three times the legal limit of intoxication. And it turns out he's also a registered sex offender. He was identified by a local woman after he threw the empty beer can out the window of the ice cream truck onto her lawn.

Apparently Brundell likes to do some serious carbo loading in the morning: He told the cops when he was busted he had a beer for breakfast - but that's it. As for the malt liquor can, some kind stranger in the neighborhood gave it to Brundell.

I know, on a really hot day, I'll offer a beer or two to the local ice cream truck driver. If the temperature drops there's nothing those drivers appreciate more than a shot of Jagermeister to get them through their day. Nothing says "slam it down" like a truck designed to attract children.

Blundell then failed a series of sobriety tests, getting stuck at the letter M when reciting the alphabet, repeating the numbers nine and 10 when asked to count down from 15 and confusing his right and left when told to touch his nose with fingers on each hand, according to the police report.
I think he should claim he failed the field sobriety test because he's stupid. Who wouldn't believe it?

He's been fired, of course. He faces a court hearing today.