Another Tennessee “DUI” case with no alcohol ends in lawsuit

The charges were eventually dropped, but not before months of penalties.

A retired Federal Bureau of Investigation employee is suing the Knoxville Police Department after she was arrested for DUI, jailed overnight, and forced to install an ignition interlock despite toxicology tests later confirming she had no alcohol or drugs in her system, the latest in a rash of so-called “sober DUI” cases in Tennessee.