Seattle, WA (KIRO-TV) - The Washington State Patrol says 54-year-old Deana Jarrett was arrested Thursday afternoon for being an imminent threat to public safety after she was arrested with a blood-alcohol level of .47 last week.

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Washington State Patrol troopers said Jarrett could barely stand and fell asleep during sobriety tests. They said at .47, her blood alcohol level was six times the legal limit. Police and medical officials said that a level above .40 is potentially lethal.

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Um... this is just bizarre. Should a nine-year old have known better? I dunno - some people (even adults) are just clueless that animals can be dangerous....

A schoolboy who climbed over a fence into a crocodile enclosure and taunted the animals with sticks and a catapult was dragged into the water and eaten.

The nine-year-old, whose family name was given as Liu, and three friends sneaked into the crocodile park at the Silver Beach holiday resort at Beihai in the southwestern Guangxi region on Friday.

The children shot at the animals with catapults and beat them with sticks.

The official Xinhua news agency said: “One of the irritated crocodiles bit Liu’s clothes and dragged him into the water where he was eaten by a swarm of crocodiles.” His companions then raised the alarm.

Investigators searched for the missing boy and decided to check inside the crocodiles. Snipers used pork to lure them out of their pool and shot dead the first animal to lumber on to the bank.

Inside it they found human remains that were confirmed to be those of the boy.

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That's both sad and poetic, tommyrot.

But I am now on a Read-No-More-News-About-Animal-or-Children-Death stance.

Kat--We all know you should not return to work so soon, even if your doctor suddenly got on the pipe and told you it was okay.

Should a nine-year old have known better?

I think nine is old enough to know that you don't climb into a crocodile enclosure and poke them with sticks. Or, um, not, apparently.

HMOG is it a nice day out today here. It's definitely pushing towards 80 degrees. I think coming back to work was as hard as its ever been. I totally have to do a trek to the Public Garden this afternoon.

the KFC famous bowl was just as disgusting as I imagined it'd be.

Ugh. The thought of that makes me ill. I have to avoid the commercial if it comes on. Mashed potatoes, gravy and chicken, I get. But adding corn and cheese? EW.

Mashed potatoes, gravy and chicken, I get. But adding corn and cheese? EW.

That totally appeals to the food mixer in me. I haven't tried one, though.

That totally appeals to the food mixer in me. I haven't tried one, though.

me too! I love a big mess o' food. i haven't tried it either though because Popeye's is my fried chicken chain of choice (although I haven't been there all year).

I just had a totally orange/yellow lunch -- orange bell pepper slices, babycut carrots, the most delicious TJ's frozen mac - n - cheez. Later I will have a red apple which is still at that end of the spectrum!

Bush's FDA wants to take away our chocolate!!