Officials: No favor sought for attorney after DUI arrest

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) – The mayor of northeast Mississippi’s largest city says he and other officials didn’t try to shield the city attorney from a drunk-driving arrest.

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton, Chief Operations Officer Don Lewis and Police Chief Bart Aguirre all say they made no efforts to secure favorable treatment for Ben Logan.

Logan was arrested Dec. 7 but never booked into the Lee County Jail. Instead, Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers wrote Logan a ticket after he refused to take a breathalyzer test and released him to a Tupelo police officer.

Phone records show Lewis and Aguirre made or received a number of calls, but didn’t contact the Highway Patrol. Aguirre says troopers released Lewis to a police lieutenant he sent to the jail without any prompting.

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Information from: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, http://djournal.com

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