MONROE CO. — A Cadiz Police Department officer is being charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a previous conviction and resisting law enforcement after he was arrested while off duty early Monday morning in Monroe County.
Monroe County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested Brian Joseph Hedger, 38, on I-69 just south of the Kinser Pike overpass around 2 a.m., MCSO stated in a release.
Hedger was off duty at the time of the incident but was driving an unmarked police vehicle.
A search warrant to draw the 38-year-old's blood was obtained, according to MCSO, and samples were drawn at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. The toxicology results are pending at this time.
Hedger is facing a felony charge of operating while intoxicated with a previous conviction and resisting law enforcement.
