BourbonPoliceA traffic stop early Sunday morning by Bourbon Police Officer Matt Geiger lands a man in jail.

At 12:24 a.m. Officer Geiger stopped a van on Lincoln Highway west of Fir Road for driving left of center.  The driver, Ronald Schlemmer was found to have been drinking.  After failing a field sobriety test he tested .20% on the certified blood alcohol test.

Mr. Schlemmer was transported to the Marshall County Jail and processes for OWI and held on a $1,500 cash bond.

 

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