Posted at Delaware Watch:

WGMD?s blog records how Rep. John Atkins, now on probation for throttling his wife, was pulled over in Ocean City, MD by the police. According to the police report, he was allegedly speeding and?let?s put it this way?his car just couldn?t decide which lane it wanted to be in: ?The radar clocked the vehicle going 52mph in a 40mph zone?I observed the vehicle crossing the left and center lanes as well?I observed a dark colored Chevrolet bearing Delaware registration Representative tags JCA. (link) It must be handy having a license plate signaling that you are a Delaware Representative. That way police officers know that if your car is bobbing and weaving among road lanes, it?s not because you are common drunk. It means you should walk away from the incident without being charged. But Delaware?s Rep. Atkins is not one to leave anything chance. In the interest of assisting the officer know exactly who he was dealing with, Rep. Atkins provided further proof of his identity: ?Atkins had his license and another card in his hand available when he put down the window. I observed a Delaware license belonging to Atkins, as well as a laminated card that stated Atkins was a Delaware State Representative. (link) Only a cynical person would conclude that Rep. Atkins was handing the officer his ?I am State Representative? card in order to suggest ?I am above the law and not subject to arrest like the peons because I am an important person.? Nevertheless, the police officer noticed that the Chairperson of Delaware?s House Corrections Committee, Rep. Atkins, had the earmarks of a boozehound: I could smell the odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from Atkins person?I observed multiple empty bottles of beer, an alcoholic beverage, on the floor of the vehicle behind the driver?s seat? I noted that his eyes were glassy and bloodshot. I noted that his speech however was not slurred or choppy. (link) ?Multiple empty bottles of beer.? Now I know what you?re thinking: Rep. Atkins is a lowlife sot. But let?s not be hasty. He probably found those empty beer cans along the road and he picked them up to recycle them. Apparently, however, that alternative explanation never occurred to the police officer: PFC Smith stated that he would initiate a Preliminary Breath Test (PBT) test on Atkins to see if he was ok to drive. Atkins agreed to take the PBT and we stepped onto the sidewalk and PFC initiated the PBT on Atkins. Atkins blew into the PBT and it registered a .14 and PFC Smith immediately stated that Atkins was not ok to drive. (link) Well, so much for my recycling theory. But all is not lost. Rep. Atkins can produce a chauffeur that most would never have at their disposal: Atkins stated immediately that he could get a Delaware State Trooper to come pick him up?Atkins stated that he had a friend coming to get him, the friend lived or was in Fenwick and was on his way to 123rd street at that time. (link) But all?s well that ends well. Rep. Atkins wasn?t arrested. After all, he has a license plate and a card identifying him as a person too important to arrest.

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