FRANKLIN, Ind. — A report of an intoxicated driver resulted in the arrest of an Edinburgh man in Johnson County Wednesday.
Police located a car swerving in the vicinity of State Road 44 and Park Drive around 9:00 a.m and pulled over the vehicle. During the traffic stop at State Road 44 and Drake Road, the driver, later identified as Tom Burton, 59, had difficulty retrieving his identification from his wallet.
Deputies contacted a medical unit to conduct a medical evaluation. When Burton exited the vehicle he had trouble maintaining his balance. While Burton was out of the vehicle police observed a bottle of white pills on the floor of the driver’s side of the vehicle.
After the medical evaluation, Burton agreed to a field sobriety test, which he failed. He was transported to Johnson Memorial Hospital for a blood draw, and then taken to the Johnson County Jail and charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated.