Anchorage Cop Charged with DUI, BAC Three Times Legal Limit

0:00An Anchorage cop named Charles Bowser just got hit with a misdemeanor DUI charge for driving his patrol car hammered back on March 9. This 41-year-old officer was off duty but blew a blood alcohol level of 0.29, that's more than three times the legal limit of 0.08. It all kicked off when his neighbor, who's also a fellow officer, spotted Bowser pulling into his driveway, looking wasted, and called it into a, sergeant right away. Officers rode up to find him slumped on his front steps, eyes bloodshot, speech slurred, admitting he pounded hard liquor but couldn't say how. Much! Medics rushed him to the hospital for that sky-high BAC reading. Dashcam footage from the patrol car painted a wild picture, Bowser topping 80 miles per hour multiple times, swerving like crazy, blowing stop. Plowing into snow banks, and even stopping to grab booze. Cops found empty bottles in the vehicle too, and he's been on admin leave pending their

1:01internal probe since joining the force in 2014. His court date set for May 22nd. This marks the second Anchorage officer busted for DUI this year. After Corey Atkins back in February, raising big questions about accountability in, the ranks as the department stays tight-lipped. Local news, powered by AI. This is Anchorage News Today.