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Woman Arrested for Listerine DWI Sentenced

ADRIAN, Mich. -- A woman who pleaded guilty to drunken driving after telling police that she drank three glasses of Listerine has been sentenced to two years of probation.

Carol A. Ries, 50, pleaded guilty to operating a car under the influence on Jan. 20 and was sentenced Feb. 15. Police suspected Ries had been drinking after she rear-ended another vehicle at a red light on Jan. 9.

Ries did not have a history of drunken driving. She passed one breathalyzer test, but failed another that used different equipment. According to police, her blood alcohol level was .3, more than three times the legal limit. When investigators found a bottle of Listerine in her car, Ries told them she had had three glasses earlier in the day.

According to the Web site for Pfizer Inc., the manufacturer of Listerine, the original formula for the mouthwash contains 26.9 percent alcohol, more than four times that of many malt liquors. Other varieties contain 21.6 percent alcohol. As part of Ries' guilty plea, prosecutors agreed to drop charges of having an open intoxicant in the vehicle and not having car insurance.