VINCE NEIL Had Blood-Alcohol Level Almost Three Times Legal Limit During Las Vegas Arrest

September 4, 2010

According to TMZ.com, MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil failed three field sobriety tests and had a blood-alcohol level almost three times the legal limit during his June 27, 2010 Las Vegas arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

TMZ.com obtained the Las Vegas Police Department report (view report as PDF file),which indicates that Neil was pulled over for driving 60 mph in a 45 mph zone and for "weaving between the lanes."

According to the report, the arresting officer detected the odor of alcohol on Neil's breath and asked the singer to perform a variety of field sobriety tests, three of which Vince failed. Neil — who admitted to having consumed three glasses of champagne at the Hilton hotel earlier in the night — eventually gave up by saying, "I can't do this," the report states. Vince was then asked by the officer to take two breathalyzer tests and, according to the report, he registered .215 and .216 — nearly three times the .08 limit.

Neil has been charged with DUI and speeding and is set to be arraigned on September 27.

Vince was previously arrested in 2007 for suspected DUI but worked out a deal in which he pleaded no contest to reckless driving in exchange for having the DUI charge dropped, according to TMZ.com.

Nevada state law says that people convicted of DUI twice within seven years face anywhere from 10 days to six months in jail.

The singer lives in Las Vegas, where he owns a chain of tattoo shops and a restaurant at the Las Vegas Hilton.

Neil was sentenced to 30 days in jail and five years probation in 1984 after an accident in which he crashed his car, killing passenger Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley of the band HANOI ROCKS. Neil was driving under the influence at that time.

Neil also pleaded no contest to a charge of assaulting a music producer in 2002, and again pleaded no contest in 2003 to charges he attacked a prostitute at the Moonlight Bunny Ranch in Nevada. In 2004, an arrest warrant was issued after he allegedly hit a sound engineer at a show in Texas.

Vince's new solo album, "Tattoos & Tequila", sold 7,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 57 on The Billboard 200 chart.

"Tattoos & Tequila" was issued in Europe on June 4 via Frontiers Records and was made available in the U.S. on June 22 through Eleven Seven Music.

Below is Vince Neil's mug shot — taken right after he was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 27, 2010 on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

Pictured below is Vince Neil at Cherry Cola's Rock N' Rolla Cabaret and Lounge in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on June 24, 2010 (photo credit: Backstage Axxess).

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