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Sleeping behind the wheel leads to Columbus man’s arrest

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Photo courtesy of Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department.
Gary L. Petro. Photo courtesy of Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department.

A Scipio driver is under arrest after falling asleep behind the wheel early this morning in eastern Bartholomew County.

Deputies report that a vehicle was stopped in the middle of the road at about 4:30 a.m. this morning near County Road 600E and 850S. 35-year-old Gary L. Petro was asleep in the driver’s seat with a plastic baggie containing a white powder.

He was arrested on a preliminary charge of possession of methamphetamine.