Former Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was booked into Hennepin County Jail early Friday morning on suspicion of driving while impaired (DWI).
According to Hennepin County jail records, Peterson was booked into custody at 5:16 a.m. for a pending fourth-degree DWI charge. Details disclosing where Peterson was driving and the cause for him being stopped by the Minnesota State Patrol are not yet available.
In Minnesota, a fourth-degree DWI is a misdemeanor and the lowest level DWI offense. It usually applies to first-time offenders and includes a blood-alcohol concentration below 0.16. The legal limit is 0.08…