Police: Man arrived at jail drunk

IOWA CITY, Iowa - An Iowa man arriving at a jail to serve
his sentence in a public intoxication case was hit with
a new, similar charge because he showed up drunk, police
said. The Johnson County Sheriff's Office said jail
officials smelled alcohol on Johnathan David Gunn, 19,
when he arrived at the facility Tuesday to begin his
3-day jail sentence for a Dec. 3 second-offense public
intoxication conviction, the Iowa City (Iowa) Press-Citizen
reported. The criminal complaint filed against Gunn said
the suspect admitted to drinking the previous evening and
an initial test indicated Gunn had a blood alcohol content
of .101, well over the state's legal limit for operating
a motor vehicle, .08. Gunn was charged with an aggravated
misdemeanor count of third and subsequent public
intoxication after a second test performed an hour later
registered a blood alcohol content of .055. Court records
indicate that Gunn's next court appearance for the charge
has not yet been set.