Painter Thomas Kinkade arrested for alleged DUI

madinmaryland

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Tue Jun-15-10 08:04 AM
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Painter Thomas Kinkade arrested for alleged DUI

Famed Placerville-raised painter Thomas Kinkade has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk outside Carmel, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A Monterey County sheriff's deputy initially pulled over Kinkade's Mercedes Benz for a vehicle code violation Friday night, said CHP Officer Robert Lehman. After making contact with the 52-year-old Kinkade, the deputy suspected that he was drunk, Lehman said.

The deputy called the CHP to assist, and an officer performed tests to determine that Kinkade was impaired, Lehman said. The CHP officer arrested Kinkade just after 10 p.m., Lehman said.

Kinkade was booked into the Monterey County Jail on suspicion of misdemeanor drunken driving, Lehman said.

The arresting officer reported that Kinkade was "very polite" during the exchange, Lehman said.

Kinkade did submit to a blood test, Lehman said; however, the CHP is not releasing his blood-alcohol level.

Read more: http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2010/06/painter-thomas.html#ixzz0qvVNLlVR

It's been awhile since we had a Kinkade thread.

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Tue Jun-15-10 08:19 AM
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1. I kept looking for an Onionesque punchline...

I didn't realize he was a real guy. I sort of figured he was like Ronald McDonald or Uncle Ben.

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Tommy_Carcetti

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Tue Jun-15-10 08:21 AM
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2. Do jail cells make nice floral landscapes? nt

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nolabear

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Tue Jun-15-10 09:38 AM
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3. Should have been arrested for Crimes Against Art long ago.

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madinmaryland

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Tue Jun-15-10 09:43 AM
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4. +1000

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Taverner

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Tue Jun-15-10 10:01 AM
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5. I LOVE how he is identified as "Painter Thomas Kinkade", not Artist....

Edited on Tue Jun-15-10 10:02 AM by Taverner

:rofl:

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jobycom

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Tue Jun-15-10 10:10 AM
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6. Coming next-- Thomas Kinkade: The Dark Period.

Imagine a whole gallery of gray, bleak cottages with burglar bars and hulking, grubby men peering in the windows...

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Orrex

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Tue Jun-15-10 10:12 AM
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7. Is he related to that guy who wanted to hunt Gilligan?

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KamaAina

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Tue Jun-15-10 12:46 PM
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8. "Aren't you the Painter of Light?"

"Yes, but I wanted a Bud Light!" :beer:

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LynneSin

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Tue Jun-15-10 12:49 PM
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9. Perhaps he can add some of his 'light' touches to his mug shot to give it that Kinkade style!

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TK421

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Tue Jun-15-10 01:11 PM
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10. The Drinker of Light...but which Light? Bud? Miller?

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