A Chickasha man faces a felony DUI charge following his arrest by a state trooper in Lincoln County earlier this month.
Shawn Allen Lowry, 34, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court with driving while under the influence of alcohol.
Court records show he was arrested Feb. 3 by State Trooper Broden Carls on U.S. 62 near County Road 3400.
Lowry appeared before Special Judge Emily Mueller on Feb. 18. She previously had set his bond at $3,000.
She has scheduled a pre-preliminary hearing for Lowry at 1:30 p.m on March 4, court records show.
Supplemental information for after former conviction of a felony filed by Assistant District Attorney David Ball shows Lowry was convicted in Jackson County District Court on Sep. 11, 2013 of driving while under the influence of alcohol, a felony after pleading guilty and handed a five-year deferred sentence.
In a probable cause affidavit filed by Trooper Carls, he states he was on routine patrol and westbound on U.S. 62 approaching County Road 3400 when he observed a white Mercury following a silver Dodge van too closely.
Carls stated the Mercury also was swerving back and forth between the center line and the fog line on the two-lane highway.
“I activated my emergency lights on my patrol unit to conduct a traffic stop on the Mercury. The silver Dodge van yielded to my lights and the white Mercury was slow to react and then pulled to the shoulder of U.S. 62 near County Road 3400,” Carls wrote in the affidavit.
Carls said when he approached the passenger side door of the Mercury, Lowry struggled to roll the window down. He advised the driver, later identified as Lowry, who he was and the reason for the stop and asked him for his driver’s license and insurance.
The trooper said he observed Lowry had red bloodshot eyes and a strong odor of consumed alcohol coming from the vehicle. He stated Lowry struggled to retrieve his license and he asked him where he was coming from.
Lowry reportedly told the trooper Oklahoma City. Carls said Lowry had slurred speech. Lowry told the trooper he was following the van since he knew the driver. When Carls asked him where he was coming from a second time, the driver replied Weatherford and the trooper advised Lowry he said Oklahoma City the first time.
The trooper made contact with the van driver and told her she was free to go, after determining no signs of impairment.
In the affidavit, the trooper tells of the various sobriety tests that were given to Lowry. He said he arrested Lowry at 10:20 that evening.