A West Monroe man was arrested for his third DWI last Saturday on Interstate 20 near Ruston.
A state trooper stopped Caleb M. Chavers, 26, at about 4:30 a.m. last Saturday morning after a concerned motorist reported his erratic driving to Louisiana State Police in Monroe. The trooper spotted Chavers walking away from his parked vehicle westbound on I-20 between Choudrant and Ruston.
The motorist reported Chavers was weaving from lane to lane, alternating between 45 and 80 miles per hour and at one point struck the cable barrier in the median.
The trooper noticed an odor of alcoholic beverage on Chavers’s breath and requested he submit to field sobriety testing. Chavers refused and was arrested and taken to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center.
Chavers failed to provide a breath sample in the allotted time. A records check showed his driver’s license was under suspension and that he was arrested for DWI in 2016 and 2018.
Chavers was booked for third offense DWI, careless operation, open container, and driving under suspension. Bail was set at $41,000.
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