Posted on 12/31/2025 2:28:54 PM PST by DFG
A Wyoming lawmaker arrested for drunken driving told cops he boozed it up behind the wheel to cope with “anxiety,” authorities said.
Bill Allemand, a Republican in the Wyoming House of Representatives, was pulled over in Buffalo when officers spotted him driving erratically around 12:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a police report obtained by WyoFile.
An open can of beer was found in the front-seat cupholder next to Allemand, while four unopened cans were found in the passenger seat — and there was even a loaded handgun in the seat alongside him.
“[Allemand] admitted that he drinks while driving for anxiety,” police wrote, adding that the lawmaker told them he had downed two beers just 15 minutes before police stopped him.
The pol then failed a sobriety test, and after being arrested, “had significant difficulty getting in and out of patrol vehicle requiring Deputy to support the driver as to not let him fall,” the report read.
Allemand was pulled over after nearly getting into a car accident, where he “started from a stop almost striking a vehicle approaching from the West,” the report read.
He slammed on the brakes just before colliding with the other car, according to the report.
Allemand was charged with driving under the influence and has a trial by jury scheduled for May 1, WyoFile reported.
The politician told Cowboy State Daily he plans to fight the charges.
“I am challenging them in court,” Allemand said. “Because this was wrong. I got a deputy who did not like me knowing my rights, and he pushed it to where if I would have kept my mouth shut, I would have never been arrested.
“But because I did speak out about my civil rights, I got arrested on a false charge.
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Great reporting - identified the party of the suspect in very first word of headline! s/
Hey, its Wyoming. This party was just getting started!
Well, he should have been fine with the ride to the station then.
A Wyoming lawmaker arrested for drunken driving told cops he boozed it up behind the wheel to cope with “anxiety,” authorities said.
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Everybody does it
Two beers in 15 minutes and driving around on a Sunday afternoon is standard operating procedure in Buffalo.
Back in the late 80s I lived in TX. The news was reporting on a bill to crack down on drinking and driving. TX had loose open container laws.
One idiot they interviewed said, “The drivers are so bad you have to drink”.
No s&%t Sherlock...connect the dots.
Being Wyoming, the big news would be if there WASN'T a loaded handgun next to him. Stupid NYP writer!
On the bright side, he didn't pull "Do you know who I am!?"
Nothing like a depressant to chase the blues away.
Lit up on two beers? What a lightweight. 😉
Point being?
Was he:
A. Talking about the Aggie drivers?
B. was he an Aggie himself?
DRUNK & ANGRY IS NO WAY TO LIVE ANYWHERE
“Lit up on two beers? What a lightweight. 😉”
Who knows how much alcohol was in his system from the night before.....
Yes or before he bought the six pack that day. 😉
Well if he drank two beers fast enough, yes, that can in fact get someone drunk. Even one drink if downed fast can be quite intoxicating at least for a short period of time. It is a drug, after all. And some craft beers have double the alcohol content, so while he may have had “two beers”, it may have been the equivalent of 4 depending on the brand.
Alcohol can be consumed at a rate where it doesn’t have the effect of a drug, but most people aren’t that responsible with it. “I just had a couple of cocktails” when that tiny drink can have several servings of alcohol alone is not a way to avoid drunkenness. A glass of wine or a beer consumed over the course of a meal would keep most people below intoxicating levels. It is how much someone drinks and how fast they drink it that matters. The body can metabolize, on average, .015 per hour...assuming they haven’t become desensitized.
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