MORE DETAILS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON THE ARREST OF A HOPKINSVILLE POLICE OFFICER THURSDAY EVENING ON DUI CHARGES.

            THE ARREST CARD FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS A CALL CAME INTO THE ECC AROUND 5:30 REGARDING A RECKLESS DRIVER ON THE BYPASS IN THE AREA OF THE YMCA.

            WHEN DEPUTY BRANDON MYERS MADE CONTACT WITH THE VEHICLE JUST WEST OF H AND R AGRI-POWER, 35-YEAR OLD HPD OFFICER TIMOTHY LEYENAAR WAS ALLEGEDLY SWERVING ACROSS THE WHITE LINE MULTIPLE TIMES.

            DEPUTY MYERS WRITES LEYENAAR HAD AN ODOR OF ALCOHOL ON HIS PERSON AND SHOWED SIGNS OF IMPAIRMENT ON FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS.

            LEYENAAR BLEW A .194 ON THE BREATH TEST—OVER DOUBLE THE LEGAL LIMIT. LEYENAAR WAS SUSPENDED BY HOPKINSVILLE POLICE CHIEF GUY HOWIE, WHO PRAISED THE DEPUTY FOR HIS ACTIONS IN THE TRAFFIC STOP AND ARREST.

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11/18/2011/AM