Zamboni operator charged in DWI

Wednesday, June 29, 2005
ASSOCIATED PRESS



NEWARK - You can't drive with significant levels of alcohol in your system, even if the vehicle is a four-ton ice-cleaning machine at a skating rink.

Zamboni operator John Peragallo was charged with drunken driving after a fellow employee at the Mennen Sports Arena in Morristown called police and reported that the machine was speeding and nearly crashed into the boards.


Police arrived after Peragallo had parked the machine after grooming the ice during a break in a public skating session.

Police said Peragallo's blood alcohol level was 0.12 percent. Levels of 0.08 percent and above are considered legally drunk.

Zamboni privileges were revoked for Peragallo, 63, of Randolph, a Morris County park system employee since 1994.

Originally posted by zr580cat@Jul 26 2005, 10:23 AM
Zamboni operator charged in DWI

Wednesday, June 29, 2005
ASSOCIATED PRESS

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NEWARK - You can't drive with significant levels of alcohol in your system, even if the vehicle is a four-ton ice-cleaning machine at a skating rink.

Zamboni operator John Peragallo was charged with drunken driving after a fellow employee at the Mennen Sports Arena in Morristown called police and reported that the machine was speeding and nearly crashed into the boards.

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Police arrived after Peragallo had parked the machine after grooming the ice during a break in a public skating session.

Police said Peragallo's blood alcohol level was 0.12 percent. Levels of 0.08 percent and above are considered legally drunk.

Zamboni privileges were revoked for Peragallo, 63, of Randolph, a Morris County park system employee since 1994.
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I wonder how he does with parallel parking?

i drove home through the night from gogama and spotted three vehicles that had trouble maintaining a consistent speed and had a hard time staying within their lane. one was an 18 wheeler :( too bad i had no idea where i could find the police.

Paul, I see this all the time up here and I wonder myself where the heck are the OPP???? If there was a bounty on reporting I'd be rich!

Cory,
the second one was a dodge pickup that i had been following for 10 miles when i passed the jolly roger.