Moped rider arrested following accident

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August 6, 2010

FROM STAFF REPORTS ---- The Record Eagle Fri Aug 06, 2010, 07:07 AM EDT

TRAVERSE CITY — Police arrested a Traverse City man after they said he drunkenly crashed his moped.

Grand Traverse County authorities this week charged David Arnold Bathje, 55, with felony drunken driving and driving on a suspended license.

Traverse City police arrested Bathje after he crashed his moped along Division Street, court records show. Bathje told police he hit a pothole, but witnesses said he swerved and crashed near a curb.

Preliminary breath tests showed Bathje had blood-alcohol levels of 0.23 and 0.24 percent. He has two prior drunken driving convictions.

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