Woman in zombie costume charged twice with DUI
Police say a woman wearing a zombie costume and makeup was charged with drunken driving twice within three hours after attending an upstate New York bar's "zombie prom" party.
Police in the town of Gates told the Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester that 26-year-old Catherine Butler, of Rochester, was arrested around 2am on Saturday when an officer spotted her driving without her headlights on.
She was taken to the police department, where a friend picked her up.
Officials say she got back in her car and was stopped again around 5 am driving on the same road and still in her zombie costume and makeup. Her police mug shot shows were wearing fake blood and cuts on her face.
It couldn't be determined Wednesday if she has a lawyer.
This bizarre incident comes just a day before a Maine woman was pulled over while wearing a Hello Kitty costume was arrested on a drunken driving charge.
Gorham police say officers stopped 37-year-old Carrie Gipson, of Westbrook, at about 2am Sunday because she was driving in the wrong lane.
They say she refused to take a breath test and was arrested for operating under the influence. She was taken to the Cumberland County jail.
Her police mugshot shows her wearing a red and white Hello Kitty costume, minus the doll's mammoth head.
