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La Porte Official Accused of Driving Impaired

(La Porte, IN) - The La Porte Park Department Superintendent is facing allegations of driving impaired after pulled over during the Labor Day weekend.

 

Mark Schreiber, 55, is charged in La Porte Superior Court 3 with operating while intoxicated as a Class A misdemeanor.

 

Schreiber before 12:30 a.m. on Monday was traveling Pine Lake Ave. in La Porte without headlights on, according to La Porte County Police.

 

A short time later, the officer initiated a traffic stop outside the La Porte Park Department office.

 

Schreiber, who was driving a 2017 Chrysler minivan, stopped across multiple parking spaces in the well-lit asphalt parking lot, police said.

 

His alleged blood alcohol level was .165 percent.

 

According to the police report, Schreiber was fully cooperative with the investigation.  He’s been the La Porte Park Department Superintendent since 2010.

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