Minnesota man with record 27 DWIs completes prison sentence

Pioneer Press ^ | 1-6-15 | Emily Welker

[TurboZamboni]

A man convicted in 27 drunken driving-related cases in Minnesota has been released to residential placement in Clay County.

Danny Lee Bettcher, 61, was released Dec. 29 after serving about five years in prison for his latest drunken driving-related conviction, said Minnesota Department of Corrections spokeswoman Sarah Latuseck. Prosecutors said he blew through a stop sign on his motorcycle in Otter Tail County while his blood-alcohol level was twice the legal limit.

Bettcher reportedly holds the state record for the most drunken driving-related convictions at 27. His criminal drunken driving-related record goes back to the 1980s.

Bettcher was released under the Department of Correction's highest level of supervision, during which he'll report to a Becker County probation officer.

Bettcher is being supervised under Intensive Supervised Release, which keeps him on GPS and continuous transdermal monitoring.

[TurboZamboni]

Pros like this a-hole typically will by Craigslist cars with cash. They look for ones with 10 or months of valid tabs left on the plates and buy on a Sunday when you can not go to the DMV together to make sure a valid transfer of title goes through.

[henkster]

This guy was probably drunk off his ass three hours after he got home.

[Former Proud Canadian]

TZ, NEVER sell a car with valid plates. Take off the plates upon delivery. Problem solved.

Transdermal monitoring? What will they think of next?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

How is this done ?
Is it painful ?

[DuncanWaring]

Are they keeping his cell open for him?

Conviction #28 is just around the corner.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

How is this done ?
Is it painful ?

[immadashell]

Is that a mugshot of his face or his liver?

[George from New England]

What is the ‘lives-taken’ count ???

[muir_redwoods]

By the third DWI conviction in Connecticut, you get permanent loss of license. Drive drunk again and you go to jail.

[Oliviaforever]

27 DWI convictions is not an easy feat

That is right up there with Joe DiMaggio’s 56 Game Hitting Streak and his getting married to Marilyn Monroe.

[diogenes ghost]

Records are made to be broken.

[NativeSon]

By the third DWI conviction in Connecticut, you get permanent loss of license

unless you're here illegally

[peeps36]

It looks like Helen Thomas and Bill Clinton had a baby boy together

[AlaskaErik]

TZ, NEVER sell a car with valid plates.

In Alaska, and probably other states, the plates stay with the car. There is a form at the bottom of the title that you fill out and send or take to DMV indicating you sold the car to another party.

[Shimmer1]

Oh now I have to go look. That sort of thing is like seeing an alien monster. So ugly you have to look!

[Graybeard58]

“In Alaska, and probably other states,”

Not so in Illinois.

[DoodleDawg]

I assume he drove home?

[TurboZamboni]

Showing up for court is easy to avoid when you’re illegal.

no license, no insurance, no problem.

[TurboZamboni]

Here in MN, plates stay with the car unless/until tabs expire or car is sold AND UNTIL the title transfer goes through. (If done via mail, that could take a month and a half-if done at the DMV it’s same day)

If you want to drive with no license or suspended license, you don’t get pulled over for expired tabs if your plates say the tabs are still good(and that they’re registed to someone you are not)

[nothingnew]

Is that a mugshot of his face or his liver?

I think he's the guy who played fiddle in "Cold Mountain".

FMCDH(BITS)