Marine charged with DWI after wrecking motorcycle while naked

[unhappycamper]

Marine charged with DWI after wrecking motorcycle while naked
June 11, 2010 12:41 PM
ASHLEY McERLEAN

State troopers say a man and woman injured early Friday morning in a motorcycle wreck were both naked when the bike they were on veered off Meadowview Road in Jacksonville.

The man involved in the wreck is a senior enlisted Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune.

Gunnery Sgt. Steven Sheals, 38, of Meadowview Road, and his passenger, Jennifer Smith, 30, of Parnell Road in Hubert, were thrown from the motorcycle when it crashed. A trooper said the motorcycle was traveling east on Meadowview, toward Sheals’ home, when he failed to negotiate a curve and ran off the road into a ditch.

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Sheals is an explosive ordnance disposal technician with EOD Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group. He entered the Marine Corps in January 1992 and was promoted to his current rank of gunnery sergeant in June 2007. He has been with his present unit since February 2008.

Sheals has been charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, driving without a license, license revoked, expired inspection, no insurance and no helmet, according to authorities.

[Xipe Totec]

1. Gee, in Massachusetts, urinating in public is enough to classify you as a sex offender for life

No mention of such sex related charges here.

He's getting off easy.

[Bosso 63]

2. ordnance disposal = calculated risk

Riding a motorcycle naked and drunk = stupid risk

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

5. Agreed. Riding without a helmet is just dumb. nt

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[izquierdista]

4. Ouch!

Talk about road hash. They'll probably spend the rest of the year picking the crud out of their skin.

[HopeHoops]

6. But he wasn't charged with indecent exposure?

:shrug:

[Ezlivin]

7. Riding a hog barebacked?

Isn't that popular in the South?

[Dappleganger]

9. Well it is rather hot here right now.

98 degrees for today.

I haven't tried riding my MC bareback yet but of course, they've raised the bar!

[Fumesucker]

12. Them hog bristles is mighty scratchy..

Fella could get him a nasty rash that way..

[Bigmack]

8. One of my Gunnys had stories told about him like that....

It kinda goes with the territory.

This dude is an EOD guy. High pucker-factor. When they fuck up .... pink mist time! He's probably a little tightly wrapped.

I'm not saying to give him a pass, just bust him for DUI and get on with it.

There's a Quadrillion bucks worth of derivatives out there, the Gulf is fucked, Vietghanistan is fucked, we're fucked.... There's bigger stories and bigger concerns.

[joe black]

10. Bomb disposal guy with the shakes.

Good God.

[sarge43]

28. You have no idea.

My hubby, retired ammo man, "Shit, still sober enough to drive that crotch rocket ... these kids nowadays ...."

[pipi_k]

11. I can't help but wonder something....

did he have to tuck his "equipment" underneath him to keep it from flapping furiously in the breeze?

Like an out-of-control fire hose...


ouch.

[KittyWampus]

13. That'd have to be quite a length of equipment to flap in the breeze. I'm thinking blown to the side

from the steady breeze. :)

[petronius]

15. The passenger was probably holding on to it for him; just hope she

let go before they went flying through the air.

I have come across videos of nude skydivers, and your mental image is probably pretty accurate... :)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

14. Marines drink?!!!???? Who knew?

When I was unfortunate enough to be one we only drank weak tea, were trained in keeping our pinkies raised, and discussed knitting projects.

[Ikonoklast]

17. But did you do it naked?

That would make it a little more interesting...with hot tea, and all, you understand.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

25. Strategically placed doilies.

[Bigmack]

27. Who remembers?... nt

[EFerrari]

23. LOL

[Bigmack]

26. Our outfit drank weak tea and trembled in fear of the squids & rust-pickers. nt

[jberryhill]

16. "He has been with his present unit since February 2008"

Whoa... and he dang near lost his present unit in this accident!

[adigal]

18. The motorcycle was naked!!! Heavens!!! n/t

[HooptieWagon]

19. Hmmm

"Sheals has been charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, driving without a license, license revoked, expired inspection, no insurance and no helmet, according to authorities."

I guess driving while nude isn't a crime, or maybe the cops didn't want to pile on....

[Robb]

20. LOL

...not sure there is a specific enough statute. :D

[Toasterlad]

21. This Thread Is Useless Without Pictures.

[USArmyParatrooper]

22. +1

[USArmyParatrooper]

24. Was he at least wearing his helmet?

It's the law you know.