(La Porte, IN) - A speeding driver in La Porte with two prior drunk driving convictions was pulled over and arrested again for allegedly driving impaired.

 

Shawn Stidham, 37, of La Porte is charged with operating while intoxicated as a Level 6 felony due to having at least one prior OWI conviction.

 

La Porte Police said an officer pulled him over for traveling 47 in a 25 mile per hour zone in the 1200 block of Lincolnway during the early morning hours on Sunday.

 

After turning down the volume on the loud music he was playing, Stidham when asked to show his hands stuck them out his open sunroof, police said.

 

He explained the window on the driver’s side door of his 2008 Volvo doesn’t roll down.

 

Police said a computer records check showed he had a valid driver’s license but a warrant turned up for his arrest on a probation violation in Michigan.

 

His allegedly blood alcohol level was .168 percent or just over two times the legal limit.

 

Police said his prior OWI convictions were in 2017 in Michigan and 2021 in La Porte County.