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The Big Ragoo Busted for DUI

Posted Jul 7th 2009 1:50PM by TMZ Staff

Carmine The Big Ragoo RagusaThe guy who played Carmine "The Big Ragoo" Ragusa on "Laverne and Shirley" was arrested last Friday in Las Vegas after he allegedly got into a drunken car crash.

Law enforcement sources tell us they received a call at around 12:30 PM about a collision with a "suspected drunk driver." When officers arrived, they found Eddie Mekka and administered field sobriety tests.

After the tests, Mekka was placed under arrest for suspicion of driving under the influence -- a misdemeanor. As for the accident, we don't know any details, but we do know there were no injuries reported at the scene.


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Tags: carmine the big ragu ragusa, CarmineTheBigRaguRagusa, dui, Eddie Mekka, EddieMekka, lavern and shirley, LavernAndShirley

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1. This guy ani't Michael Jackson ...What the hell

Posted at 7:50PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Al SHARPTON

2. Death and drunks...Thanks TMZ for making me feel better about my life. Keep'm coming.

Posted at 7:54PM on Jul 7th 2009 by ROMYOE

3. nite tales its a follow up from the movie nite tales which is out on dvd now and i think that every one sould see the movie first so you could be cought up when the tv show come out which is on augs 7 @ 11pm on channel tbs/wgn but you could also see the trailer of the movie on youtube/nite tales so dont miss it

Posted at 8:04PM on Jul 7th 2009 by alishalee

4. Ok, I have a theory about all of these 1980 has-beens getting busted for DUI this week...they are just too distraught about the loss of MJ and can't handle it!

Posted at 8:06PM on Jul 7th 2009 by SheilaE

5. "You Know I'd Go from Rags To Riches"

Posted at 8:10PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Nathan Lane's Body Double

6. DON'T BAIL HIM OUT LAVERNE/SHIRLEY!
DRUNK DRIVER NEED TO LOCKED AWAY!!

Posted at 8:11PM on Jul 7th 2009 by JANE DOE

7. never would have recognized him -
he used to be better looking

Posted at 8:27PM on Jul 7th 2009 by stay safe everyone!

8. When did they let Sheik Khaled Mohammed out of custody?

Posted at 8:30PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Mememememememe

9. Was he out hanging with Janet from Three's Company??? I'm just sayin'....

Posted at 8:38PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Kim

10. Looks like he actually went "from riches to rags!" Poor guy!

Posted at 10:02AM on Jul 9th 2009 by mpmermaid

11. Was Carmine at the Regal Beagle with Janet?

Posted at 8:51PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Sugar Cookie

12. helllllooooooooo

Posted at 9:34PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Mike

13. I dont need a sobriety test to tell you this guy was drunk. Thank god! A news story that is close to my heart. Save the Big Ragu!

Posted at 9:45PM on Jul 7th 2009 by NitroVideo

14. Omg!! I haven't thought about him in years. A few years after I left high school he gave some "pep talk" about some saftey issue at my old high school. I don't know, I really didn't pay much attention.

Posted at 9:51PM on Jul 7th 2009 by chicken stripper

15. The story says he was arrested at "12:30pm," which would mean he was driving around hammered at Noon...I wonder if that's correct, he best get into rehab NOW!

Posted at 9:53PM on Jul 7th 2009 by catacombastic

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