STATE SEN. CHARLES SCHWERTNER ARRESTED IN AUSTIN, CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED
State Senator Charles Schwertner was arrested early this (Tuesday) morning in Austin and charged with Driving While Intoxicated.
Schwertner, a Georgetown Republican whose district includes Brazos County and several other counties in the Brazos Valley, was booked into the Travis County Jail just before 2:15 a.m.
Austin police performed the traffic stop around 12:45 a.m. at Avenue B and West 45th Street.
Schwertner has represented Senate District 5 since 2013. He currently chairs the Senate Committee on Business and Commerce, and also serves on the Finance and State Affairs Senate Committees.
The DWI charge is a Class B misdemeanor.
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