MN Senate president arrested on DWI charge

05/22/2007

By Jim Adams,
Star Tribune
May 22, 2007


State Sen. James Metzen, DFL-South St. Paul, was stopped shortly after 2 a.m. today in South St. Paul and arrested on suspicion of fourth-degree drunken driving, police said.

Metzen, 61, who is president of the Senate, was released to his wife's custody and his car was impounded, said South St. Paul Police Chief Mike Messerich.

In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller, DFL-Minneapolis, Metzen said that he went to a celebratory gathering after the Legislature adjourned Monday night.

"Unfortunately, the culmination of all this kept me from using my better judgment and resulted in my arrest," he said in the letter.

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