SAULT STE. MARIE, MI (AP)-- Authorities in the Upper Peninsula are investigating a crash that led to the arrest of a state police post commander on a drunken driving charge.
The Iron Mountain Daily News says Lieutenant William Smith was arrested Saturday by police in Sault Ste. Marie for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Chippewa County Prosecutor Brian Peppler says the arrest followed a traffic accident in a personal vehicle. Peppler says no charges have been authorized pending results of a blood test.
The 43-year-old Smith was appointed commander of the Gladstone post in April. He's been suspended with pay pending the outcome of the investigation.
Peppler has worked with Smith in the past and says he's ask state Attorney General Bill Schuette to appoint an outside prosecutor for the case.
