A Whitley County Deputy Jailer is facing a drunk driving charge after being arrested late Sunday evening by the same officer, who also arrested him for DUI about six years ago.
Williamsburg Police Officer Brandon White arrested Lloyd E. "Oscar" Davenport about 10:56 p.m., and charged him with careless driving and driving while under the influence, authorities said.
Davenport, a deputy jailer, has been employed at the Whitley County Detention Center since Sept. 4, 2008.
Whitley County Jailer Ken Mobley said that Davenport, who supervises work release inmates in the county’s litter abatement program, will be allowed to continue working, but that he won’t be allowed to drive jail vehicles until the case is resolved.
Mobley said that he would take a "wait and see" approach as to what happens with the case, but that he anticipates Davenport will be able to keep his job.
The arrest took place near the intersection of Main Street and Beck’s Creek Road after Davenport, 59, was pulled over for allegedly weaving.
Davenport allegedly crossed the centerline four times between Wal-Mart and Main Street, and twice from Main Street to Becks Creek Road, White wrote on the arrest citation.
After stopping the 2003 red Toyota, White allegedly smelled the odor of alcohol on Davenport, who failed field sobriety tests, according to the arrest citation.
Davenport allegedly refused to submit to a portable breath test, and told police that he would blow over the limit if he took it and that he had drunk a few beers, according to the arrest citation.
Davenport also allegedly told White that White would "get what was coming to" him, White wrote.
"He said he would pay a visit to my father – I felt this was a threat," White further wrote on the arrest citation.
Davenport was lodged in the Whitley County Detention Center.
He was booked into the jail at 12:23 a.m. Monday, and released on bond at 12:57 a.m., Mobley said.
Because Davenport works at the jail, he was placed in an isolation cell during his detainment, Mobley said.
Davenport is scheduled to be arraigned May 24 in Whitley District Court. He was released on a $2,500 surety bond posted by Jim Davenport, according to court records.
Williamsburg Police Officer Jim Pool, and Kentucky State Police Troopers Scott Bunch and Duane Foley assisted with the investigation.
This was apparently the second time that White has arrested Davenport for driving while under the influence.
On Dec. 23, 2004, White arrested Davenport for driving while under the influence and felony fleeing or evading police in Knox County. On Jan. 4, 2005, the fleeing or evading police charge was amended down to a misdemeanor offense and dismissed.
Davenport pleaded guilty to driving while under the influence, and was sentenced to a 90-day probated jail sentence, had his license suspended for 60 days, and paid $660.50 in fines and court costs, according to court records.
A News Journal analysis of court records shows that Davenport was arrested for alcohol intoxication in Williamsburg in 2001, and paid $121.60 in fines and court costs. Kentucky State Police arrested him for alcohol intoxication in 2005 in Laurel County, and he paid a fine on the charge before going to court, court records show.
