Two local residents were arrested by Columbus Police for drunk driving within a four hour period over the weekend. Lt. Matt Harris, department spokesman, says that at approximately 11:10 p.m. Saturday, Officer Robert Mitchell noticed a vehicle traveling west in the eastbound lane of McKinnley Avenue near McClure Road. Mitchell stopped the vehicle and noted that the driver, 30-year-old Shannon E. Hickey, of Columbus, appeared to be intoxicated. After failing a field sobriety test, Hickey was transported to Columbus Regional Hospital for a blood draw. She is facing a preliminary charge of Operating a Vehicle while Intoxicated (Previous Conviction within Five Years).

Harris says that just before 3 a.m. Sunday, Officer Michael Butler was dispatched to the area of Gladstone Avenue and Indiana Avenue in regards to a possible drunk driver that had ran off the road. Butler found the vehicle a short time later and noted that it had front end damage and was partially in the roadway. When Butler spoke with the driver, 36-year-old Hector M. Alamo Tapia, of Columbus, he reported

smelling alcohol on Tapia’s breath. Authorities say that Tapia failed one field sobriety test and refused to the complete the others. He was transported to Columbus Regional Hospital for a blood draw and later arrested on preliminary charges of Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated and Leaving the Scene of a Property Damage Accident.