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Undercover DEA Agent Faces Drunken Driving Charge

By Conaway and Strickler

An agent who works for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has been charged with driving under the influence in connection with an arrest last month, the local CBS news channel reports. According to officials, 29-year-old Lori Johnson hit another driver, 19-year-old Darrell Baxter on Dec. 19. The news channel interviewed Baxter, who told a reporter, that he called 911 and told the dispatcher that Johnson had hit him and that she appeared to be inebriated. The agent ?could hardly walk,? and was dressed as if she had been out partying, Baxter told the CBS news reporter. The agent also reportedly showed him her badge and informed him that she was in her company vehicle. The article also said that the arresting officer wrote in his report that Johnson?s speech was slurred, that she smelled of alcohol, and that she could not find her driver?s license...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on January 18, 2008 (boomark / email).