Another Son of Ditka Charged with DUI

By Chuck Sudo in News on Oct 2, 2011 3:00PM

Mark E. Ditka

Back in April we learned having the last name Ditka was not a license to get away with driving drunk, as Michael P. Ditka was arrested on his fourth DUI charge and claimed the police only targeted him because he was Son of Ditka. "Son of Ditka," by the way, would make a great name for a pubk band.

So would "Another Son of Ditka." Another Son of Ditka, in this case Mark E. Ditka, was arrested late last week in Deerfield and charged with DUI. According to Deerfield TribLocal reporter Sue Ter Maat, Deerfield police stopped Mark Ditka's Mercedes early Sept. 24 and noted his “red, blood shot eyes, slurred speech, odor of alcoholic beverage on his breath.”

Mark Ditka refused a blood alcohol content test or to say anything that may have incriminated him, such as "you guysh are only picking on me becaush of my familysh name."

One would think the Sons of Ditka would have learned from their father's Sunday night postgame appearances with Johnny Morris on Channel 2 during the Bears 80s heyday to call a town car when they've had too much of the Kick Ass Red.