Wrong way on I-35, drunk driver sent to DDRJ

Dec 29, 2020 | Community News, Law Enforcement | 0 comments

Phillip Earl Cunningham, Junction City, KS, was arrested Dec. 26 after he was reported driving the wrong way on I-35 in Daviess County. When Trooper K. Ebersold arrived, Cunningham was stopped on the entrance ramp to northbound I-35, facing south at exit 61, slumped over the wheel with the engine still running.


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Cunningham told the trooper that he had consumed alcoholic beverages the previous night, but refused to submit to a preliminary breath test. Cunningham was placed under arrest for driving while intoxicated and transported to the Daviess DeKalb County Regional Jail. At the jail, the chemical breath test showed his blood alcohol at 0.277%. Cunningham was also charged with failure to drive on right half of roadway.

Cunningham has three previous DWI offenses. Bond was denied.

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