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Gomar, 20, gets his second DUI
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A young man not even old enough to buy his own alcohol will serve 47 days for fighting lawmen as they arrested him for his second DUI.The youth, Austin Gomar, 20, entered pleas before General Sessions Judge Bill Locke to charges of second-offense DUI and resisting arrest. He was directed to serve 47 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence, pay $650 plus costs, attend DUI Class and lose his driver license for two years.Gomar was arrested after sheriff’s deputy Eddie Colwell saw his Buick Regal swerve across the fog line on Beersheba Highway three times, hitting the rumble strips on each occasion.“I initiated a traffic stop and the Buick slammed its brakes to come to a stop,” Colwell said. “I made contact with Austin Gomar who had a strong odor of alcohol on his person.”The deputy said Gomar became uncooperative once they got him to River Park Hospital for a blood test.“We had to wrestle him to the ground due to him trying to jerk away and kicking his feet against the door,” Colwell said of the incident at the hospital where Gomar refused to give a blood sample for analysis.