Drunk driver arrested by DNR officers

JASPER CO., IN (WISH) - Indiana Conservation officers arrested an intoxicated motorist Friday, after his blood alcohol level was found to be over 4 times the legal limit.

Indiana Conservation Lieutenant Daniel Dulin responded to an Indiana State Police dispatch of a vehicle operating recklessly on I-65 northbound through Jasper County.

Several other law enforcement agencies along I-65 received 911 reports of the same vehicle operating dangerously through White and Jasper Counties.

Lieutenant Dulin was in the area and was able to locate the vehicle as it pulled into the northbound rest area near State Road 10.

Reports indicated that the vehicle initially pulled onto the sidewalk before parking at the rest area.

The driver of the vehicle, 50 year old William T O'Hanilon Junior of Kettering Ohio, had an odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath and failed field sobriety tests.

O'Hanilon refused to submit to a chemical test at the Jasper County Jail.

A search warrant was issued for a blood sample and O'Hanilon was taken to the Jasper County Hospital where his blood was obtained and tested.

Nearly three hours after stopping O'Hanilon, his blood alcohol limit was still .335%, which is over four times the legal limit.

O'Hanilon was charged with operating while intoxicated-endangerment, OWI-refusal, driving while suspended, and resisting law enforcement.

Indiana Conservation Officers primarily enforce Indiana's fish, wildlife and resource laws, but they also respond to, and investigate, traffic and criminal law violations when the safety of the public is at risk.