Oxley may face public intox charges

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi will decide this week whether to file public intoxication charges against a former state representative and candidate for Lieutenant Governor.

Metro police say they found Dennie Oxley II, and a 21-year old woman drunk at a gas station early Friday.

Officers say Oxley claimed inmmunity because he was a lawmaker, and the general assembly is in session.

Investigators later discovered that Oxley is no longer a lawmaker but his father Dennie Oxley Sr., is a lawmaker. 

A special prosecutor in Bloomington says a separate drunk driving investigation involving Oxley is on hold.  The prosecutor says he had hoped to resolve the charge at a hearing this week.