When an LPD officer saw the tires on a pickup truck cross the center line three times and run off the road on the ditch side twice last weekend, he stopped the truck and the driver was jailed for OVWI.

Blake Andrew Wilson, 20, Worthington, was arrested by Officer Joe Riley of the Linton Police Department early last Saturday, June 26.

Around 2:44 a.m. Saturday, Officer Riley was on patrol headed north on North County Road 1000 West near CR 700 North in the Linton area when he saw a red Chevrolet S10 driving in the center of the road ahead of him. The truck turned east onto CR 700 North and then accelerated to a high rate of speed. Officer Riley said he saw the truck cross the center line into the westbound lane three times and he saw the tires on the truck’s passenger side leave the road and enter the ditch two times. Officer Riley initiated a traffic stop.

Blake Wilson was the driver who said he had been talking on the phone and that he’d had one beer to drink. But Officer Riley reported a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from Wilson and said he showed other signs of intoxication including slurred speech and glossy, bloodshot eyes. He said Wilson had to struggle to keep his balance after getting out of the truck.

Wilson allegedly failed field sobriety testing on the scene and was transported to the Linton Police Department for a chemical breath test. Results showed he had a BAC of .169. The legal limit is .08.

Wilson was booked into the Greene County Jail at 4:12 a.m. with bond set at $4,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed. He posted $400 and was released later the same day.

Wilson is scheduled to be in Greene Superior Court for an initial hearing early Thursday, July 8.

He is being charged with:

Operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person, a Class A misdemeanor,
Operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Class C misdemeanor, and
Operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent to .15 or more, a Class A misdemeanor.