Ex-mayor, current county council chair Sullivan investigated for DUI

Brian Sullivan, chairman of the Snohomish County Council, former Mukilteo mayor and a former state lawmaker, was arrested Thursday night for investigation of DUI in Mukilteo, police said.

The incident began when Mukilteo police received a 911 call at about 7:50 p.m. reporting a suspected drunk driver heading south on the Mukilteo Speedway. The caller said the vehicle was “all over the road.”

Officers responded and caught up with the suspected drunk driver after he turned right at Chennault Beach Road and stopped in front of a business, said a Mukilteo police spokesperson.

The driver, identified as Sullivan, smelled of alcohol and officers asked if he had been drinking. He said he had been and agreed to take a field sobriety test. After the tests were complete, officers placed him under arrest shortly after 8 p.m.

Sullivan was brought back to the police station to undergo a breath test. The first one registered an alcohol level of .168 percent and View full post on “drunk” News