Calif. Police Find 70 Empty Beer Cans Inside Car after DUI Arrest

After an accused impaired driver was pulled over by Cotati police with a blood-alcohol content of 0.25%, the suspect's car was searched and 70 empty beer cans were found.

By Don Sweeney

Source The Island Packet (Hilton Head Island, S.C.)

July 1, 2025

2 min read

When Cotati, CA, police pulled over an accused impaired driver with a blood-alcohol content of 0.25%, a search of the suspect's car found 70 empty beer cans.

An accused drunken driver had more than 70 empty beer cans inside their vehicle, California police reported.

A police officer spotted the driver having trouble staying in their lane and pulled them over on Sunday evening, June 29, Cotati police said in a news release on Facebook.

The driver had an “open container of alcohol in the cup holder,” police said. A field sobriety test determined they had a blood-alcohol content of 0.25%, three times the legal limit, police say.

Officers arrested the driver on charges of driving under the influence and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license due to a prior DUI, police said.

A search of the vehicle turned up more than 70 empty beer cans, police said.

A photo posted with the release shows cans and boxes of Bud Light stacked on the hood of the car.

“We want to remind everyone that drinking and driving is not worth it,” police said in the release. “The outcome could have been much worse had our officers not stopped the driver.”

Cotati is about a 50-mile drive northwest from San Francisco.

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