Saturday evening the Jasper police made an arrest after a driver almost causes an accident. At 6:30 pm on Saturday night a Jasper Police officer stopped a 1991 Ford Ranger driven 44-year old Jermey Hammers after the officer observed the Ford Ranger had failed to yield while making a left hand turn, causing the north bound traffic to stop suddenly, almost causing an accident.
Upon investigation it was determined that Hammers was intoxicated and had a .21% blood alcohol content at the scene. Hammers was taken to Memorial Hospital to be medically cleared, where he then tested at a .26% blood alcohol level.
He was then lodged into the Dubois County Security Center and charged with Operating While Intoxicated, OWI Endangerment and OWI with a BAC over .15%.
