Man arrested for DWI hours after DWI sentencing

[April 18, 2009]  DERIDDER, La. (AP) -- A Texas man was arrested and booked with second-offense driving while intoxicated only hours after he left a court for sentencing for an earlier DWI conviction.

The 31-year-old man was arrested by state police on Wednesday.

Hours before he was arrested, he'd been in 36th Judicial District Court in DeRidder being sentenced for first-offense DWI.

The man was being held in the jail without bond pending a hearing later this month.

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Information from: Alexandria Daily Town Talk, http://www.thetowntalk.com

[Associated Press]

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