DWI driver who made illegal turn into Lincoln Tunnel was three times over limit, Port Authority police say

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Weehawken man caught making an illegal turn into the Lincoln Tunnel with his headlights off had a blood-alcohol level more than three times over the legal limit, Port Authority police said this morning.

Photo Credit: *Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY PD*

Jerry DeMarco

06/02/2014 3:50 p.m.

Police stopped Thomas Arnold before his 2003 Audi made it to the tube from Park Avenue around 1:30 Saturday morning, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said.

“His face was flushed and his eyes were watery and bloodshot,” he said.

Subsequent testing put his BAC at .26%, Pentangelo said.

A computer check found a warrant out of North Bergen, he added.

Arnold, 39, was charged with DWI in a school zone, reckless driving and making an illegal turn.

MUGSHOT: Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY PD

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