Texas: Oklahoma Senator who sponsored bill toughening DWI laws busted for DWI on his last day in office

Howe Texas Police Dept.

Howe Texas Police Dept.

Grayson County Jail / Howe Police Department
From KWTV

HOWE, Texas – 05/17/2014 —

An Oklahoma State Senator was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated in Grayson County, Texas, late Thursday night.

According to the Howe Police Department, Oklahoma Sen. Harry Coates, (R – Seminole), was stopped on southbound US 75 near the town of Howe around 11 p.m. Thursday, after a driver reported the vehicle to be driving erratically.

Responding officer made contact with Coates, 63, and reported that he exhibited signs of intoxication and that he could not successfully complete a field sobriety test. Coates then consented to have his blood drawn at a local hospital. The results of that blood test were not immediately available. ….MORE

Oklahoma Sen. Harry Coates, charged with DWI in Texas on his last day in office.

Oklahoma Sen. Harry Coates, charged with DWI in Texas on his last day in office.

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