Drunk on the highway at 2:30 am driving 16 mph . . . on a golf cart. Yeah, that'll get you arrested . . . if it doesn't get you killed first?
Jody Lovekin, 48, 2936 S. County Road 800 East, is charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. The misdemeanor offense was elevated to a Class D felony due to a prior drunk-driving conviction within the past five years, police said. Sheriff's Deputy Derek Allen was on Indiana 4 near Fish Lake at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday when he spotted a vehicle a radar gun revealed was traveling 16 miles per hour along the highway's edge. The officer got closer, then realized the slow-moving vehicle was a golf cart.
Because of a new state law that prevents golf carts on roadways, police said a traffic stop was made, and it was discovered Lovekin had been drinking. A certified test later revealed a .15 percent blood alcohol level.
SOURCE: Man in golf cart arrested on OWI
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