Russian figure skater arrested in Lake Placid, N.Y.

Posted November 16, 2009 10:00 pm

Associated Press

LAKE PLACID, N.Y.-- Police say Russian figure skater Andrei Lutai remains jailed after being charged with stealing a car and driving it while drunk after finishing 10th overall in last weekend's Skate America competition in Lake Placid.

Police in the Adirondack village say the car was stolen from a service station lot late Sunday night and followed by a garage employee who called police. Sgt. Carol Hayes says officers pulled over the 23-year-old Lutai, of St. Petersburg, a few minutes later.

Police have charged Lutai with grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, unauthorized use of a vehicle and aggravated driving while intoxicated.

He was being held Tuesday morning in the Essex County Jail on $100,000 cash bail.

Authorities didn't know if he has a lawyer.

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