March 23--Indiana State Excise Police officers arrested an Illinois man early Friday morning on a charge of public intoxication after he fell off a bench in front of a bar and tested more than four times the limit to operate a vehicle.
At 1 a.m., employees at Kilroy's Sports Bar in Bloomington escorted Jason B. Klis, 21, of Killdeer Lake, Ill., out of the bar and placed him on a concrete bench outside the bar, according to an Excise Police news release. Klis was allegedly so intoxicated that he rolled off the bench and onto the sidewalk. Excise officers working outside the bar saw Klis fall and went to help him. They placed him under arrest on a charge of public intoxication, according to the news release.
The officers then tried to walk Klis to their police car in a parking lot next to the bar. Klis was unable to walk and passed out when they got to the parking lot, according to the release. Officers contacted IU Health Bloomington Hospital Ambulance Service, which took Klis to the hospital to be checked by an emergency department physician. Klis blood-alcohol content tested at 0.336 percent, more than four times the limit to operate a vehicle.
Klis was kept under observation at the hospital for nearly four hours before the excise officers took him to the Monroe County Jail.
The excise officers were in Bloomington this weekend as part of their Intensified College Enforcement initiative, which puts extra officers on patrol in Bloomington, Greencastle and Muncie. ICE began Feb. 6 as a pilot project aimed at reducing underage drinking at Ball State University, DePauw University and Indiana University-Bloomington.
The Indiana State Excise Police will continue their Intensified College Enforcement initiative throughout the spring semester at Indiana University.
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