Mesa City Council member Ryan Winkle Winkle faces extreme DUI, jail after blood sample shows 0.22

Mesa City Council member Ryan Winkle Winkle faces extreme DUI, jail after blood sample shows 0.22

Jim Walsh, Tribune Staff Writer  May 30, 2017

 Mesa City Council member Ryan Winkle

Mesa City Council member Ryan Winkle is expected to be charged with extreme DUI after an analysis of his blood sample revealed a blood alcohol content of 0.22 percent, according to the Tempe police.

Drivers in Arizona are presumed under the influence with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent or more. Anyone with a blood alcohol content of 0.15 percent is usually charged with extreme DUI, which includes mandatory jail time.

Winkle’s blood alcohol level falls into the super extreme DUI category, which calls for a penalty of 45 consecutive days in jail, an interlock device on his car for 18 months, a 90-day suspension of a driver’s license, probation up to five years and possible community service.