Driver accused of alcohol level almost 3 times legal limit

Kevin Rice
Kevin Rice

An Indianapolis man was arrested at Jonathan Moore Pike gas station Sunday morning after allegedly being caught driving drunk at about three times the legal limit.

Columbus police were called to a report of a possible drunk driver on the Interstate and located the vehicle in a gas station parking lot at about 7:30 a.m., says Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus Police Department. The driver, 47-year-old Kevin E. Rice, appeared wobbly and smelled of alcohol according to police reports. A breath test revealed a blood alcohol level of .236 percent, Harris said.

Rice was arrested on preliminary charges of operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol level higher than .15 percent, operating a vehicle while intoxicated after a previous conviction and Johnson County warrants for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.