Louisiana state rep. arrested on DWI charge in Ascension Parish, state police say [Video]

GONZALES, La. — Louisiana State Representative Kendricks “Ken” Brass, D-Vacherie, was arrested on Friday for drunk driving, according to the Louisiana State Police.

The incident happened shortly after midnight when a state trooper saw a “2018 GMC Yukon swerving in and out of the travel lane while traveling on LA 44 near Interstate 10 in Ascension Parish”, the release said.

State police later identified the driver as Brass, 47. 

The trooper gave Brass “a series of standardized field sobriety tests”. He was then arrested and taken to the Gonzales Police Department where he agreed to do a chemical breath test.

Brass failed the test and was “registered over the legal limit”, authorities said.

State police said he was later released on a summons on one count of Operating a …