Edinburgh man arrested after driving wrong way on US 31

An Edinburgh man was arrested early Sunday morning after he was seen traveling northbound in the southbound lanes on US 31, nearly struck a Columbus Police Department patrol car who then tried to stop him. Lt. Matt Harris, CPD spokesman, says that at approximately 4:40 a.m., Officer Danielle Stigers attempted to stop the vehicle when it nearly struck her patrol car and sped past her at a high rate of speed. Stigers was able to get the vehicle stopped on US 31 near Market Street and took the driver, 52-year-old Johnnie K. Streeval, into custody.

Harris says that Streeval refused all field sobriety tests as well as a blood test. Officers later received a search warrant for a blood test and Streeval was eventually arrested on preliminary charges of Operating a Vehicle while Intoxicated with a Prior Conviction Within Five Years, and Operating a Vehicle while Intoxicated with a BAC of .15% or Greater.