(La Porte, IN) - A suspected drunk driver was taken into custody again for posing a threat to other motorists in La Porte.

 

Ramon Wallen, 41, is charged in La Porte Circuit Court with operating while intoxicated.  The charge was upgraded to a Level 6 felony for having two previous OWI convictions since 2018.

 

La Porte County Police said an officer was behind a Jeep Cherokee traveling and forth across the center line and the white line near the edge of the grassy median Tuesday night on E. Lincolnway.

 

After conducting a U- turn, police said the vehicle continued to badly weave and nearly wound up in a four foot ditch multiple times.

 

Police said the officer activated his flashing lights and siren before Wallen pulled in the driveway of his home.  His alleged blood alcohol level was .31 percent or nearly four times the legal limit.

 

According to court records, Wallen spent six days in the La Porte County Jail and nearly a year on probation for an OWI conviction in 2018 along with a similar sentence for an OWI conviction in 2021, according to court records.