A Lee County Sheriff's deputy was arrested early Thursday morning on a charge of DUI, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.
Alan George Welch, 47, is a corrections officer at the Lee County jail facility on Ortiz Road, according to Capt. Tom Eberhardt, the jail commander.
According to a dispatch report, FHP trooper Robert Ellis stopped Welch at the 118 mile marker of Interstate 75 around 12 a.m. Friday. Welch was driving a Nissan truck, the report said. He was arrested at 12:11 a.m. and charged with DUI, and his truck was towed, the report said.
Welch was hired in February 2006 and worked at the stockade before being moved to the core facility, Eberhardt said. He worked the 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. shift, and was scheduled to work today.
Following his arrest, Welch was held in the downtown jail until about 9:30 a.m., when he posted bond, Eberhardt said. The arrest appears to be his first.
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