(La Porte County, IN) - A man convicted of drunk driving just over a week ago was arrested over the weekend for allegedly being impaired outside La Porte.

 

 

About 1 a.m. on Sunday, La Porte County Police said the man was pulled over for traveling 71 miles per hour in the 4500 block of N. Fail Road and making an illegal right turn on a red light a short time later.

 

Police said the driver, 49 year old Michael Jenkins, refused to take a breathalyzer test, which resulted in his automatic arrest for OWI under state law.

 

On April 10, Jenkins was sentenced to 180 days probation for Class C misdemeanor OWI, according to court records.  The OWI charge he’s now facing was upgraded to a Level 6 felony due to his prior conviction.

 

During his latest arrest, police said Jenkins exhibited various physical symptoms of impairment and had several empty and partially consumed alcoholic beverage containers in his vehicle.