MOUNT VERNON, Ill.
An Illinois State Police trooper is free on bond after being accused of driving drunk last month in southern Illinois.
Forty-seven-year-old Lyle Hicks is charged in Jefferson County with driving under the influence of alcohol and failure to reduce speed.
Hicks was arrested by sheriff's deputies early on Oct. 18 after swerving into a ditch in rural Jefferson County. He sustained minor injuries.
A state police spokesman says Hicks has been relieved of his trooper duties and that an internal investigation of any policy violations by Hicks is under way.
Hicks doesn't have a listed home telephone number in Mount Vernon. It isn't immediately clear if he has an attorney.
He's scheduled to appear in court Nov. 21.
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Information from: Mount Vernon Register-News, www.register-news.com
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