A Carnegie Mellon University professor arrested three times for drunken driving over eight days this month is now in treatment.

Dr. Jeffrey Hunker, former dean of the Heinz School of Public policy, who still teaches at CMU failed to appear at a hearing to revoke his bail.

Dr. Hunker received his first citation on August 17th when, police say, he drove his BMW across a Squirrel Hill neighbor’s lawn, struck another car and took out a small tree. A day later after getting his car out of the pound the professor was arrested again in Oakland on DUI charges. A week later, driving a new BMW, he admitted to police that he drank a pint of vodka.

His attorney told Judge Anthony Mariani that Hunker left for an alcohol treatment center in Virginia this past Wednesday for a 28-day inpatient recovery program.

The judge decided that Dr. Hunker may remain free on three conditions -  that he not drive, that he not drink and that when he returns to the area he must prove that he completed the program and report weekly to pre-trial services.

James Cirilano, said of his client, “He is addressing those problems in the most responsible fashion that anybody can address them in our society. He has sought inpatient treatment.”

Jeffrey Hunker still faces a preliminary hearing on the charges.
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