Man Accused of DUI on a Tractor

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Posted: 5:49 PM Sep 5, 2008
Last Updated: 5:49 PM Sep 5, 2008
Reporter: The Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A Charleston man faces drunken driving
charges after police spotted him riding a farm tractor on a highway
without lights or proper warning signs.

Kanawha County sheriff's deputies arrested 22-year-old Joshua
David Postalwait early Friday morning.

A complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court said
deputies were responding to a report of an intoxicated man on a
tractor when they saw the tractor on Casdorph Road.

Postalwait was charged with driving under the influence and
carrying a concealed weapon.

He was being held Friday afternoon at South Central Regional
Jail. Magistrate court officials did not know whether he has a
lawyer.

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Posted by: Hmmm on Sep 7, 2008 at 03:39 PM
what was his concealed weapon? a pitchfork?

Posted by: Em on Sep 7, 2008 at 03:25 PM
wow.. i love this area.. ? lol

Posted by: hee-haw on Sep 7, 2008 at 09:54 AM
kanawha county, wv saaaalute!

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 7, 2008 at 02:35 AM
SOUNDS LIKE GOOD OLE BY GOD WEST VIRGINIA

Posted by: sad on Sep 6, 2008 at 11:48 PM
This is really sad. My dad had a DUI on a tractor, he also would drive our riding lawnmower to the bar outside of town because my mom would not let him have the car keys. It really is a horrible sickness when you go to these extremes. He passed away this past June from his "illness". I guess he just never could silence his demons that drove him to his alcoholism. I hope this guy gets help. Its not really a laughing matter when at such a young age of 22 you are letting something as stupid as alcohol affect your entire future.

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 6, 2008 at 08:24 PM
BUBBA

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 6, 2008 at 08:07 PM
I know the local taxi service can use some improvement but this is bad!!

Posted by: Laura on Sep 6, 2008 at 07:49 PM
He was just trying to live out Larry Sparks song: I'm like a John Deer tractor, in a half acre field. Trying to plow a furrow where the soil is made of steel. Oh I wish I was home Lord, where the bluegrass grows and the sweet country girls don't complain.

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 6, 2008 at 10:32 AM
"she might have taken my car keys, but she forgot about my ol' John Deere"

Posted by: kyman on Sep 6, 2008 at 10:19 AM
sounds drug related.

Posted by: Joe on Sep 6, 2008 at 09:38 AM
Yeah Carl,George Jones in did it on his John Deer,,,for real also, according to Tammy at the time.

Posted by: Kathy S on Sep 6, 2008 at 09:11 AM
Wait a minute though...isn't Vince coming to Charleston or is it Ashland soon for a concert? Hmmmmm, maybe that WAS Vince riding his John Deere up here for that if Amy (Grant) took away his car keys Anyway, I LOVE Vince so this made me think about that old video and song. Great song. Great video. STUPID guy here in reality though out on the road driving ANYTHING while drunk. Also I said we would probably make national news in my other post, then I saw it WAS the AP that reported it to begin with not a local news source. Great. ALREADY on national news. Go Mountaineers! Us rednecks and our tractors!

Posted by: SOMETHING on Sep 6, 2008 at 09:07 AM
THIS IS JUST TO FUNNY!MAY BE HE WAS HOT AND JUST NEEDED ONE ! WAY 2 GO TRACTOR MAN!!!!

Posted by: Kathy S on Sep 6, 2008 at 09:05 AM
It WAS a country song several years ago wasn't it? Vince Gill had a video of him & George Jones riding their John Deere's since their wives had taken their car keys. Guess this guy is a Gill/Jones fan lol. OR maybe he thought that his tractor would help him pick up women like Kenney Chesney's song..."She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"! Bet we'll bake national news with this one

Posted by: george jones on Sep 6, 2008 at 08:50 AM
I think auto makers could design a Nerfcar that would only go 35mph be made out of foam rubber and be totaly safe in a head on collision , then we could all go back to drinking and driving ,happy motoring !

Posted by: Rick on Sep 6, 2008 at 04:53 AM
Was he singing "International Harvester" when arrested?

Posted by: Heather on Sep 5, 2008 at 11:29 PM
hahah this is hilarious.. but not as funny as an episode of crazy police chasers where a guy was driving a lawnmower and was drunk.. and he eventually fell off the lawnmower after police were following, laughing.. haha.. guy didn't even the cops were behind him for like 3 blocks.. lol ITS A LAWNMOWER..hahaha

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 5, 2008 at 10:30 PM
was it george jones

Posted by: oscar weidenheimer on Sep 5, 2008 at 08:59 PM
george jones' nephew .

Posted by: carl on Sep 5, 2008 at 07:26 PM
this sounds like a country song.

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