Country singer Randy Travis was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and retaliation and obstruction last night, according to the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office.
The Dallas Morning News has confirmed with the sheriff’s office that the singer is being held in the Grayson County Jail. He was found naked by a witness who called 911 about a one-vehicle accident and a man lying in the street, according to several the sheriff’s office.
He was arrested by a state trooper shortly before midnight on Tuesday night after a one-vehicle accident. Troopers responded to the scene when a caller stated that a man was lying in the road near F.M. 922 at Clover Road just outside of Tioga.
When Travis was confronted by the trooper about the strong smell of alcohol, the singer refused a breath test. After a search warrant was issued, a blood sample was taken at a nearby hospital.
Sgt. Rickey Wheeler said Travis has been charged with obstruction and retaliation because he threatened to shoot and kill the troopers who were working the case. His bond for both charges total $21,500.
He was then booked into the county jail and issued a paper suit to wear, according to Wheeler.
Travis was arrested for public intoxication in February, a Class C misdemeanor when the Denton County Sheriff’s Office found him in a car outside Sanger Baptist Church. The singer told the Associated Press he was celebrating the Super Bowl that night and apologized for his behavior.
Here’s a video from NBC5 of Travis leaving the county jail, wearing blue scrubs and a cap.
View more videos at: http://nbcdfw.com.
No word whether there’s a dash-cam video from this arrest, but there was a recording of the February incident in Sanger, obtained by NBC5.
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