Video Shows Man Drinking Wite-Out At Booking

wptz.com     Jul 25, 2008            

Attorney Says Some Take Desperate Measures OMAHA, Neb. -- A man convicted of drunken driving this week tried to use Wite-Out to cover up his crime, prosecutors said. Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine said surveillance video from the night Juan Briceno, 33, was booked into jail shows Briceno drinking from a bottle of correction fluid to cover the alcohol on his breath. The tape shows Briceno wiping his mouth on his hand and shirt after taking a drink, Omaha television station KETV reported. Kleine said he's not surprised at what some people will do once they are arrested. "There was an article recently about a guy who tried to eat his underwear while awaiting a Breathalyzer test," Kleine said. "He thought it would somehow mask the test result. Criminals do some strange things, and this is an example of one of those... [read full story]                    


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