Three drivers get DUIs in 3 hours  One driver, who has one prior
DUI conviction, also was charged with a marked lanes violation
and driving with a suspended license. Cary Ashby Dec 14, 2012
Three area drivers were charged with driving under the influence
(DUI) in less than three hours on the same day this weekend.
Three troopers with the Norwalk post of the state Highway Patrol
made the traffic stops, with the first happening at 12:27 a.m.
Sunday. The last stop happened about two hours and 45 minutes
later. All three incidents happened in the Norwalk area.
Brandon J. Puder, 25, of 13504 Ohio 61, Collins, was stopped by
Trooper Thomas Halko at the intersection of Prospect and
Franklin streets at 12:27 a.m. Sunday. Puder, who has one prior
DUI conviction, was charged with DUI, a marked lanes violation
and driving with a suspended license.  His breath alcohol
content (BAC) tested at .179 percent, Halko reported. The legal
limit for drivers in Ohio is .08 percent.  At 1:42 a.m., Nathan
G. Heckelman, 23, of 3