Actor Sam Shephard was part of an incident in Illinois, where he was arrested. This occurred early on Saturday, according to police reports. The report says that Shepard was speeding and was drunk.

Sheppard, who is 65 years old, said to the officers that he was just passing by, and stopped by a tavern. However, when officials, took the alcohol test, it was found out that the alcohol in his blood was twice the legal limit, and was speeding 16mph above the permitted limit (30 mph).

He claimed he was going home, where he lives with his wife, famous actress Jessica Lange. If you don’t remember Sam Shephard, know that he received an Oscar nomination for his work on the film “The Right Stuff” and appeared in films such as “the Notebook” and “Black Hawk Down”.

No matter if you are an actor or not, remember not to drive drunk because you are putting into danger other people!

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