Dodging DWIs: Mark Pabst

BY JOE MAHR, JEREMY KOHLER • jkohler@post-dispatch.com
AND BRIAN WILLIAMSON • bwilliamson@post-dispatch.com | Posted: Saturday, September 12, 2009 1:01 pm

The public service ads tout the basic theme: You drink. You drive. You lose. But that’s often not the case in metro St. Louis. Lenient plea deals, secrecy laws and outright mistakes have allowed most DWI offenders — including many chronic offenders — to avoid serious punishment — in a system-wide breakdown that has claimed lives in Missouri and Illinois. Explore this map and timeline of Mark Pabst's arrests and convictions.

Mark Pabst, a former architect, was arrested nine times in 17 months. That included a six-day stretch when he was arrested three times. In all, court delays, legal stall tactics and plea deals kept him from being sent to prison until after his 10th arrest.

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Posted in Local, State-and-regional, News, Multimedia on Saturday, September 12, 2009 1:01 pm Updated: 10:15 pm. | Tags: Dwi, Mark Pabst, Joe Mahr, Jeremy Kohler, Brian Williamson, Dodging Dwis