A Spanish Fork police officer has resigned after being arrested for drunken driving Sunday morning.
Officers from the Spanish Fork Police Department were dispatched around 1:30 a.m. after a car slammed into a powerbox near 3420 West Riverbottoms Road in Spanish Fork, said Utah Highway Patrol spokesman Cameron Roden.
When they spotted the car, they called troopers with the Utah Highway Patrol to avoid a conflict of interest since the driver, Tony Lunceford, was a Spanish Fork officer, said Roden.
Troopers arrested Lunceford and his wife, Janalee, on suspicion of driving under the influence, having an open container in a vehicle and having tinted windows. Janalee was also in the vehicle and admitted to driving the car after the accident, Roden said.
Lunceford was placed on paid administrative leave after his arrest, and later submitted a letter of resignation, according to assistant city manager Seth Perrins. He had been working for the Spanish Fork Police Department since July 2004.
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