The first night of the joint Zero Tolerance Weekend by the Polk County Sheriff's Office, Polk County District Attorney's Office as well as the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Wardens netted several arrests.
DPS Troopers located and arrested a suspect with an outstanding warrant for aggravated sexual assault of a child. Trooper Kevin Burman transported the suspect to the newly expanded jail where he is being held in lieu of $100,000 bond.
An important aspect of no refusal weekend is that all drivers and boats who fail field sobriety tests and refuse a breath test are compelled to immediately provide a blood sample that is tested for the blood alcohol concentration or other illegal drugs.
The first suspect to refuse to voluntarily provide a blood sample had admitted to having "four or five drinks" prior to the time Sgt. William Jerry (who invited this reporter on a media ride along) observed his failure to stop at a stop sign on FM 2457 at Blanchard Baptist Church.
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