
An Indianapolis man was arrested at Jonathan Moore Pike gas station Sunday morning after allegedly being caught driving drunk at about three times the legal limit.
Columbus police were called to a report of a possible drunk driver on the Interstate and located the vehicle in a gas station parking lot at about 7:30 a.m., says Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus Police Department. The driver, 47-year-old Kevin E. Rice, appeared wobbly and smelled of alcohol according to police reports. A breath test revealed a blood alcohol level of .236 percent, Harris said.
Rice was arrested on preliminary charges of operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol level higher than .15 percent, operating a vehicle while intoxicated after a previous conviction and Johnson County warrants for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.