Man Arrested for DUI After Beer Run on Riding Lawnmower

So, you lose your driver's license and really need some more beer and lottery tickets, but the closest store is too far to walk (or maybe stagger). So what do you do? Hop on your 2007 Cub Cadet riding lawnmower, that's what! Espcially if you are Dennis D. Cretton, 49, of Belleville, IL.

When deputies Jason Robertson and Lee Graham, and Investigator Scott Toth arrived, Cretton was returning home from the Conoco gas station about half a mile away on Centerville Avenue and had made it to the corner of Dianne and Fenwood drives, close to home, police said. They turned on their lights and tried to pull Cretton over, but he kept going, police said, veering off the roadway and heading into his front yard.

When he veered, however, a 12-pack of Milwaukee's Best Ice tumbled from his mower, Chief Investigator Capt. Steve Johnson said. Toth asked Cretton what he was doing, and Cretton admitted driving the lawnmower to the gas station for lottery tickets and beer, Johnson said.

Lawnmower driver on beer run charged with DUI; tried to pass cars on his Cub Cadet - From the online desk - Belleville News-Democrat