Bloomfield man accused of OVWI with .217 BAC

A report of suspicious behavior at 1:47 in the morning last Tuesday led to the arrest of a Bloomfield man who’s now facing charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Cody King

Cody Gale King, 23, Bloomfield, was arrested early Tuesday, June 4, by Greene County Sheriff’s Deputy Davis Aerne.

At 1:47 a.m. that day, Deputy Aerne responded after a woman who lives on Taylor Ridge Road called the sheriff’s department and reported suspicious behavior by a man who had been on their property. The caller described the man as wearing a cowboy hat with a beard driving a silver Mustang. The caller said she and her husband had followed the man to a field owned by someone else in the area.

Deputy Aerne located the subject, later identified as Cody King, parked in a lane to a field on South Fowler Road and GCSD Deputy Zachary Goad and Bloomfield PD Officer Jordan Allor also arrived to assist on the scene.

Deputy Aerne then talked to both King and the couple who had followed him.

King allegedly said he was sitting in a field owned by a family member, that he’d been there for a long time and that he was scared by the couple being there.

Deputy Aerne reported King showed signs of impairment, and both open and unopened alcoholic beverages were located in his vehicle.

King allegedly failed a couple of field sobriety tests, tested high on a portable breath test and was transported to the Greene County Sheriff’s Department for testing in a more stable environment.

Deputy Aerne reported King failed sobriety testing at the sheriff’s department and a chemical test showed a result of .217 BAC.

King was booked into jail with bond set at $4,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed.

King is currently scheduled to appear in Greene Superior Court on Thursday, June 13, on preliminary charges of:

• Operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Class C misdemeanor.

• Operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent to .15 or more, a Class A misdemeanor.