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Actor Sam Shepard arrested driving offences

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Monday 05 January 2009 17:44 GMT
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Police in Illinois say actor and playwright Sam Shepard has been arrested on preliminary charges of speeding and drunken driving.

Police Lieutenant Mark Kotte says officers stopped Mr Shepard in the central Illinois town of Normal.

Mr Kotte says the 65-year-old Shepard was driving 16mph over the 30mph speed limit.

Mr Kotte says a breath test indicated Shepard's blood-alcohol level was double the legal limit.

Shepard told police he had been at a tavern in nearby Bloomington and was heading to a hotel. He said he was on his way to his home in Kentucky from Minnesota.

Shepard won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for drama for his play Buried Child. He posted bail in Bloomington.

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