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Missouri assistant charged with DWI
Posted: Wednesday January 26, 2000 11:35 AM
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Tony Harvey, an assistant basketball coach for Missouri, has been charged with driving while intoxicated after a one-car accident near his home. According to a Columbia police report, Harvey was arrested early Sunday and his blood alcohol content was measured at .148. Under Missouri law, a level of .10 or more is considered evidence of intoxication. The charge is a municipal traffic misdemeanor. "I'd like to apologize to the university and the community for my actions," Harvey said in a statement. "I had an inexcusable lapse in judgment and it's a mistake that I am very sorry for." Chad Moller, assistant sports information director for Missouri, said Harvey apparently was driving home when a car crossed the center line, causing him to swerve into the ditch. The arresting officer, Alexander McHugh, confirmed that description of the accident. "Coach Harvey obviously regrets his actions and the embarrassment it has caused himself and the university," head coach Quin Snyder said in the statement. "I'm disappointed in his judgment, and the light it casts on what we are working hard to accomplish." Harvey is in his first season at Missouri after spending the past three years as an assistant at Eastern Michigan. He is free on $300 bond and is to appear in municipal court on Feb. 28.
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