WAVERLY – A Thompson man was stopped while speeding down the Avenue of the Saints and arrested for drunk driving.
On December 13, the Bremer County Sheriff’s Office stopped a vehicle for excessive speed on Highway 218, sometimes called the Avenue of the Saints. During the traffic stop, the officer determined that the driver, 33-year-old Benjamin Sun Don Bae Charlson of Thompson, Iowa, was intoxicated.
Charlson was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated, first offense and jailed. He must appear in court on January 2 and is completing a substance abuse evaluation at this time.