Speedy Driver Arrested for DWI By Drugs

Sedalia Police observed a car traveling eastbound on Broadway around Arlington at a high rate of speed at 1:33 a.m. Saturday.

Radar indicated the car was doing 61 miles per hour in a 40 miles per hour zone. A traffic stop was conducted at Broadway and Crockett Avenue.

The driver, 22-year-old Trevor W. Townlain, of Pettis County, was found to be intoxicated by drugs. Townlain was placed under arrest, taken to a hospital, then on to the Pettis County Jail, where he was booked and released on a state charge of DWI Drugs.

A charge of speeding was also requested by Police.