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   BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MN — A Minnesota man with eight previous DWI   
   offenses was arrested for his ninth last month while he was   
   driving a riding lawnmower. Thomas Edward Grothe, 60, was   
   observed "driving in an erratic manner" in a lawnmower on the   
   streets of Madison Lake, Minnesota, July 20, according to the   
   criminal complaint filed in the case.   
      
   A police officer reported seeing Grothe complete a sharp left-   
   hand turn onto Maple Avenue, where he began driving in the wrong   
   lane. Grothe had trouble with his balance and smelled of   
   alcohol, according to the criminal complaint.   
      
   Grothe was administered a portable blood-alcohol breath test and   
   blew a 0.28, more than three times the legal limit in Minnesota.   
   He also told police he has not had a driver's license since   
   1978. A computer check of his driver's license indicated that it   
   was cancelled as "inimical to public safety," according to the   
   complaint.   
      
   Grothe faces two DWI-related charges and one charge for driving   
   with a suspended license.   
      
   In Minnesota, it is a crime to operate any motor vehicle with a   
   blood-alcohol level of 0.08 or more. "Motor vehicle" is defined   
   as every vehicle that is "self-propelled and every vehicle that   
   is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley   
   wires." The term does not include a vehicle moved solely by   
   human power.   
      
   https://patch.com/new-jersey/cinnaminson/s/g76b5/lawnmower-   
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