FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO) – More details have come to light since Mayor Tom Henry’s arrest Sunday morning for OWI.
Our partners in news at ABC 21 initially reported the story Sunday morning, with Henry saying that he accepted full responsibility for a poor decision.
Now, our partners in news at ABC 21 are reporting more details about the arrest. Court documents show that Henry admitted to drinking wine at the Civic Theatre in downtown Fort Wayne. Henry said that he had “too many glasses of wine at a fundraiser and should not have given a friend a ride home”.
Documents also show that he was driving his wife and mother-in-law when he drove left of center and hit another vehicle. The woman in that vehicle was uninjured.
The report says that Henry was swaying, had watery and bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, with a strong smell of alcohol on his breath, as well as being argumentative.
Henry is being charged with operating while intoxicated endangering a person and operating a vehicle with alcohol concentration equivalent to .15% or more.
UPDATE: Henry pleaded guilty on Monday to operating while intoxicated endangering a person. Our partners in news at ABC 21 report that the charge of operating a vehicle with alcohol concentration equivalent to .15% or more was dismissed. His drivers license was suspended for 90 days. His sentencing was set for November 7.
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Our partners in news at ABC 21 report that the charge of operating a vehicle with alcohol concentration equivalent to .15% or more was dismissed.
It wouldn’t be dismissed for ANYONE else. Dirty, corrupt, Democrat politician.
To be fair: They typically drop the lesser charges and keep the greatest charge they can prove. Since he pled guilty, there is no longer anything to prove and will not be a trail.
I agree with the “Dirty, corrupt, Democrat politician”…but not for your reasons. For his Dirty [conflict of interest] real estate dealings between him ,his Brother and the City such as the north river property…
They need to release the bodycam footage….you know that’s got to be good if Tom came out and specially said “The Fort Wayne Police Department handles this situation with professionalism “….LOL
Just think…we would never hear of Tom’s OWI if he didn’t get into a car wreck…the FW PD would have escorted him home, never to make the news. Hard to brush it under the rug when someone else is involved. Good thing nobody was hurt.
It would be nice to see the bodycam video of Tom yelling at the Cops. LOL It would make a nice campaign video!! I can just imagine….” If you don’t let me go, I’ll fire you on Monday!!…It was the other car’s fault anyways. I’ll defund the police and blame it on City Counsel….this wouldn’t be happening if we had social workers policing the streets”….LOL
WOWO reported he was driving a CITY vehicle…. anyone else would be FIRED