A HOPKINSVILLE POLICE OFFICER WAS ARRESTED TONIGHT FOR ALLEGEDLY DRIVING DRUNK.

            HOPKINSVILLE POLICE CHIEF GUY HOWIE WAS VERY FORTHCOMING WITH THE MATTER AFTER TONIGHT’S COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING, SAYING A CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY PULLED OVER AND ARRESTED 35-YEAR OLD TIMOTHY LEYENAAR.

            “HOPKINSVILLE POLICE OFFICER TIMOTHY LEYENAAR WAS CAUGHT DUI, AGGRAVATED DUI,” CHIEF HOWIE SAID. “HE’S CURRENTLY BEEN SUSPENDED; I’VE REMOVED ALL OF HIS POLICE POWERS. I’LL BE HAVING AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION INTO HIS ACTIVITIES. IF HE’S FOUND TO HAVE SERIOUSLY VIOLATED HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICY OR HAS VIOLATED K.R.S. THEN HE WILL BE FACING SEVERE DISCIPLINARY ACTION.”

            CHIEF HOWIE PRAISED THE ACTIONS OF THE DEPUTY, SAYING HE DID THE RIGHT THING.

            “I APPLAUD THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR DOING WHAT THEY DID. IT’S A DIFFICULT SITUATION WHEN YOU ARE PUT IN THAT SITUATION BUT THEY DID THE RIGHT THING AND I APPLAUD THE DEPUTY’S ACTIONS.”

            OFFICER LEYENNAR JOINED THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2004.

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