---
title: "Georgia Official Busted After Crashing Chevy Corvette Filled with Jars of Moonshine"
description: "Just the good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm..."
date: "2017-11-27"
modified: "2017-11-28"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/16440/georgia-official-busted-after-crashing-chevy-corvette-filled-with-jars-of-moonshine"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Chevrolet"
  - "chevrolet corvette"
  - "Corvette"
  - "Coupe"
  - "Crash"
  - "dui"
  - "georgia"
  - "moonshine"
  - "police"
  - "sports car"
---

# Georgia Official Busted After Crashing Chevy Corvette Filled with Jars of Moonshine

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A Georgia official is facing DUI charges and two separate state investigations after police found nine jars of [moonshine](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/12966/2018-infiniti-q50-red-sport-400-review-running-moonshine-in-a-400-horsepower-saloon>) in the [Chevrolet Corvette](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/16268/the-corvette-z06-gets-a-9000-discount-as-sales-decline>) he crashed on a rural road south of Atlanta last week, [reports the *Atlanta Journal-Constitution.*](<https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/bottles-moonshine-found-during-georgia-dnr-official-dui-arrest-cops-say/C7ASck7nwQkUXKqscwpnzN/>)

Authorities say Walter Hyman Rabon, who serves as the deputy commissioner for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, was driving a black 2015 Corvette on Georgia State Route 11 in Jasper County on Sunday with a passenger when he lost control and struck a road sign before spinning out into a ditch. Thankfully, neither were injured.

Rabon told responding [Georgia](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/16130/police-officer-hits-143-mph-in-dodge-charger-while-chasing-down-drunk-mclaren-720s-driver>) State Patrol officers that he swerved to avoid a deer, but his cover was blown several times over. First, five of the nine moonshine jars he was transporting had been damaged in the crash and were leaking their pungent contents into the Corvette's cabin. Second, officers wrote that Rabon was acting "sluggish," had bloodshot eyes and alcohol on his breath, and wasn't wearing shoes. Finally, it took him "several failed attempts" to eventually blow a .146 during a breathalyzer test, [according to *WXIA News.*](<https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/dnr-employee-arrested-after-crashing-corvette-carrying-jars-of-moonshine/85-494918789?scroll=0>)

The 48-year-old Rabon told police that the jars weren't his, but he was still arrested and charged with driving under the influence and failure to maintain lane. [*WXIA News* reports](<https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/dnr-employee-arrested-after-crashing-corvette-carrying-jars-of-moonshine/85-494918789?scroll=0>) both the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Georgia Department of Revenue have opened investigations into the crash, and Rabon has been placed on administrative leave.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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