A New York man facing a felony driving-while-intoxicated charge did everything in his power to make the situation worse Monday.

Keith Gruber, 49, showed up about an hour and a half late to his pretrial hearing at Sullivan County Court. He was also drunk and carrying an open can of Busch beer -- as well as a plastic bag with four more cans of beer for later, the Times Herald-Record reported.

Court officers confiscated the bag at the security checkpoint, even though Gruber had attempted to throw away his open can. Judge Frank LaBuda then asked Gruber whether he enjoyed his "liquid lunch." Gruber replied he did, and apologized.

In spite of the apology, LaBuda put Gruber in jail with no bail. The thirsty defendant, who has prior DWI convictions, was arrested Dec. 27 in the town of Liberty and was released on $30,000 cash bail.