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Iowa man accused of offering bribe with sandwich

Tue Sep 2, 8:26 PM ET
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Iowa City police said a man who was driving drunk tried to bribe a police officer — with a sandwich. [Apparently he was all out of donuts.] Police said a 25-year-old man was charged with drunken driving early Sunday morning after an officer saw him driving with his headlights off and pulled him over. [The driver was stunned that the officer even saw him because he thought he was in "stealth mode." At least that was what the sales guy told him that button would do.]

Police said the man was riding with a police officer in a squad car when he offered the officer free sub sandwiches if he could go home. [The officer considered the offer, but then remembered that his cholesterol level was too high and he had just run out of his Lipitor prescription.] The officer declined. [But as a consolation, the officer told the man that he may want to make that offer to his cell mate. It is better to voluntarily offer a sub to your cell mate rather than be forced to offer him a tossed salad.]