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Mayor's assistant arrested for DUI
Posted: 08.26.2011 at 11:35 PM
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Georgia State Patrol arrested the assistant to the Meigs Mayor for driving under the influence

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MITCHELL COUNTY, GA -- Georgia State Patrol officers arrested the assistant to the Meigs Mayor for driving under the influence.

According to the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office, Ernest Barfield – also the city’s Marketing and Economic Development Coordinator – was weaving when he was pulled over and later arrested.

Barfield is charged with DUI, Failure to Drive Within a Single Lane and a seatbelt violation.

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