Post by WaTcHeR on Jan 10, 2007 17:07:40 GMT -5
01.10.2007 - An Arkansas Highway Police sergeant was sentenced Tuesday to two days' community service for his first offense of driving a vehicle while intoxicated.
Officer John W. Vickers, 46, was arrested in October after a Mountain Home police officer saw him speeding and swerving on U.S. Highway 62.
When Vickers stepped out of his truck, it began rolling backwards, but he did not notice until the officer told him to put his foot on the brake.
Two breath tests registered an intoxication level of 0.17 of 1 percent, more than twice the legal limit, according to a police report.
Vickers was charged with driving while intoxicated, careless driving and not wearing a seat belt. On Dec. 19, he pleaded no contest and was found guilty of the charges, according to court records.
Baxter County District Judge Van Gearhart sentenced Vickers, who was not present because he lives out of the county, to 90 days in jail with all but three days suspended, gave credit for one day of jail time served, and ordered the remaining two days to be served in community service.
Vickers also was ordered to attend a DWI class at Southwest Arkansas Counseling & Mental Health Center in Texarkana, and was ordered to pay $750 in court costs and fines, plus a $10 public defender fee.
Vickers officially holds his title but is on leave without pay with the Highway Police Division, said Ronald Burks, chief of the Highway Police Division.
Arkansas Highway Police protect the state highways by enforcing Arkansas' size and load laws. Commercial vehicles are monitored for speed and traffic violations, and commercial truck registration and motor fuel tax laws are enforced, according to the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department's Web site.
www.baxterbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070110/NEWS01/701100336/1002
Officer John W. Vickers, 46, was arrested in October after a Mountain Home police officer saw him speeding and swerving on U.S. Highway 62.
When Vickers stepped out of his truck, it began rolling backwards, but he did not notice until the officer told him to put his foot on the brake.
Two breath tests registered an intoxication level of 0.17 of 1 percent, more than twice the legal limit, according to a police report.
Vickers was charged with driving while intoxicated, careless driving and not wearing a seat belt. On Dec. 19, he pleaded no contest and was found guilty of the charges, according to court records.
Baxter County District Judge Van Gearhart sentenced Vickers, who was not present because he lives out of the county, to 90 days in jail with all but three days suspended, gave credit for one day of jail time served, and ordered the remaining two days to be served in community service.
Vickers also was ordered to attend a DWI class at Southwest Arkansas Counseling & Mental Health Center in Texarkana, and was ordered to pay $750 in court costs and fines, plus a $10 public defender fee.
Vickers officially holds his title but is on leave without pay with the Highway Police Division, said Ronald Burks, chief of the Highway Police Division.
Arkansas Highway Police protect the state highways by enforcing Arkansas' size and load laws. Commercial vehicles are monitored for speed and traffic violations, and commercial truck registration and motor fuel tax laws are enforced, according to the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department's Web site.
www.baxterbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070110/NEWS01/701100336/1002