(La Porte County, IN) - La Porte County Police arrested an impaired driver who pulled over to look for his cellphone.

Early Sunday, an officer on patrol spotted a vehicle on the shoulder of U.S. 20 near Fail Road with its hazard lights flashing. According to police, the driver said he was looking for his cellphone, which the officer found underneath the floormat on the car's floor.

Among the things raising the officer’s suspicions was a near-empty bottle of whiskey the driver reportedly kicked under his vehicle when he noticed it was spotted on the ground by the officer. 

Byran Mack-Isbell, 34, of Michigan City allegedly had a blood alcohol level over two times the legal limit.  Authorities explain that the charge was upgraded to a felony because of a prior OWI conviction from 2020.