Jail Pit Stop For Unser Brothers

AUGUST 10--Meet Al and Bobby Unser. The car-racing siblings were arrested yesterday for obstructing police officers responding to a carjacking and shooting in the Albuquerque neighborhood where the Unsers live. According to a criminal complaint, Al, 67, tried to bypass a roadblock (ironically, on a street named after the racing family) to get to an Unser family property in the vicinity of the police action. After being ordered to stop, Al exited his Ford Excursion and began arguing with cops, saying, 'You guys think you are God, don't tell me what to do.' After being given 'numerous opportunities to leave the scene,' the complaint notes, the four-time Indianapolis 500 winner was cuffed and stuffed by a Bernalillo County sheriff's deputy. Minutes later, brother Bobby, 72, arrived at the roadblock and a similar confrontation unfolded. 'You guys think you are bullies, don't tell me what to do,' Bobby told officers, according to a misdemeanor complaint. After refusing six or seven police orders to get back into his Dodge, Bobby--himself a three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500--was also arrested. Amazingly, Bobby was reportedly unaware that his younger brother had been busted minutes earlier. The Unsers were separately transported to a sheriff's substation, where the above mug shots were taken. (5 pages)