(La Porte County, IN) - A Westville area man was arrested after falling asleep behind the wheel in the middle of a road.

 

A La Porte County Police officer discovered the vehicle stopped on Wozniak Road north of Route 6 at about 2:30 a.m. earlier this morning. The driver, 40-year-old John Skomac, Jr., reportedly woke up, but not until after the officer repeatedly pounded on the driver’s side window.

 

1.7 grams of methamphetamine, along with a smoking pipe, were allegedly recovered from the vehicle. Skomac allegedly told the officer he purchased some meth earlier in the day. 

 

In July, Skomac was arrested for allegedly leading police on a chase through a Westville area tomato field.

 

In 2008, he was charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a draft horse in the Union Mills area, and later being given an 18-month prison sentence. The shooting resulted in the passage of a new law making the shooting of an animal a Level 6 felony in the state.