Ship Captain Convicted of Drinking at the Wheel
From Times Wire Reports
A ship’s captain was convicted at a bench trial in Norfolk of operating a commercial vessel while drunk and banished from U.S. waters for one year.
U.S. Magistrate James E. Bradberry also fined Janos Gyori, 52, $3,000 for the Jan. 11 incident in which the 214-foot freighter General Lee was denied entry to the Port of Hampton Roads. A Coast Guard crew conducting a security check found the captain intoxicated.
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